Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 20


 * July 20


 * 1877 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers riot in Baltimore, Maryland, during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Nine railroad employees are killed as the Maryland militia attempts to quell the riot.
 * 1880 – Construction on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reaches Leadville, Colorado.
 * 1885 – The Hull and Barnsley Railway, a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway, opens.
 * 1895 – Gov. Stanford (pictured), Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, is retired from regular service.