Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 20


 * 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.