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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 21.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]20th century
[edit]- 1955 – The Müllheim-Badenweiler Railway in Germany ends operations.
- 1978 – The Narita Airport Station of the Keisei Electric Railway in Japan opens.
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1881 – Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872, dies (b. 1823).