May 16 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 16.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1898 – Passenger service is inaugurated on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
[edit] 20th century
[edit] 21st century
- 2006 – Norfolk Southern Railroad is awarded the Gold E.H. Harriman Award for employee safety for the 17th consecutive year, a record that has not been equaled.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1832 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators, is born (d. 1901).
[edit] Deaths
- 1923 – George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad, dies (b. 1864).
- 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, dies (b. 1889).
