Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 20

1880 – The first Southern Pacific Railroad train reaches Tucson, Arizona.
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, Illinois in preparation for its final disposition.

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