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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 20.

Events

1850 – The first train operates on the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road.^[1]
1852 – The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway line between Erie, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, opens.
1855 – The first train to operate in Iowa on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad departs Davenport for Muscatine with six crowded passenger cars.^[2]
1886 – The San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway is incorporated as a Santa Fe Railroad subsidiary to build a rail connection between its namesake cities in California.^[3]

1911 – Western Maryland Railway breaks ground for the station in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.^[4]
1918 – The Canadian government takes over control of the Canadian Northern Railway, appoints a new board of directors and places the management of the Canadian Government Railways under the new board's control.^[5]
1920 – Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) track to meter gauge.^[6]
1934 – Shin-Kotoni Station on what is now JR Hokkaido's Sasshō Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, is opened.^[7]
1961 – Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.^[1]
1998 – The Okanagan Valley Railway begins operations on the former Canadian Pacific Railway branch between Sicamous and Kelowna, British Columbia.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "This month in railroad history - November". Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
^ "A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad". Rock Island Technical Society. 1996. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
^ Jones, Sally (August 15, 2007). "History of the Western Maryland Railway". Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
^ "Historical background". State Railway of Thailand. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ 新川駅バリアフリー情報 [Shinkawa Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2012.