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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 19.

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Events

19th century

1836 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway receives parliamentary authorization.
1881 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas.

20th century

1937 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway files for bankruptcy.
1974
- Amtrak introduces its Expo '74 passenger train service connecting Seattle and Spokane for Expo '74.
- Amtrak renames the Texas Chief service it inherited from Santa Fe Railway to become the Lone Star due to objections from Santa Fe over Amtrak's quality of service.[1]

21st century

2005 – A fully loaded passenger train collides with a stopped freight train in Lampung, Indonesia; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured.
2005 – Bombardier is awarded a contract to build a new automated people mover system for Beijing Capital International Airport in China. On completion, the system will be Bombardier's first system in China.[2][3]

Deaths

1909 – Henry H. Rogers, American financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway (b. 1840).

References

Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
Bombardier (May 19, 2005). "Bombardier Awarded A Contract For An Automated People Mover System In China In Time For The 2008 Olympic Games In Beijing". Retrieved June 28, 2005.
"Chinese Wins for Bombardier". RailStaff. June 27, 2005. Retrieved June 28, 2005.

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