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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 21.

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Events

20th century

1955 – The Müllheim-Badenweiler Railway in Germany ends operations.
1978 – The Narita Airport Station of the Keisei Electric Railway in Japan opens.

Births

1836 – Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway, is born (d. 1906).
1910 – Robert W. Richardson, American railroad historian, is born (d. 2007).

Deaths

1881 – Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872, dies (b. 1823).

References

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