Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 21

1836 – Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway, is born (d. 1906).
1881 – Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872, dies (b. 1823).
1955 – The Müllheim-Badenweiler Railway in Germany ends operations.
1978 – The Narita Airport Station (pictured) of the Keisei Electric Railway in Japan opens.

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