May 19 in rail transport

Events

* 1881 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas.
* 1937 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway files for bankruptcy.
* 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. [http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/chinese-wins-for-bombardier-560.html] [http://www.bombardier.com/en/1_0/pressleft.jsp?group=1_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=null&id=2816&sCateg=1_0]

Births

Deaths

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

References

* Bombardier (May 19 2005), " [http://www.bombardier.com/en/1_0/pressleft.jsp?group=1_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=null&id=2816&sCateg=1_0 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.
* RailStaff (June 27 2005), " [http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/chinese-wins-for-bombardier-560.html Chinese Wins for Bombardier] ". Retrieved June 28 2005.