Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 20

1904 – The Southern Pacific Railroad completes the Coast Line between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California.
1949 – The first eastbound California Zephyr departs San Francisco at 9:20 AM, bound for Chicago.
1960 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset (pictured) makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois, to Chicago in preparation for its final disposition.
1965 – At least 17 stations and two lines are closed in Airedale and Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England, as a result of the Beeching Axe.^[1]

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^ Bairstow, Martin (2004). Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. The Amadeus Press. ISBN 1-871944-28-7.