Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 20

1862 – The bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act authorizing the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad is passed by the United States Senate.
1874 – The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad, building from Denver, reaches Morrison, Colorado.
1937 – Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City closes after 26 years of service in favor of Newark Penn Station.
1983 – The Chicago and North Western Railway wins a bidding war against the Soo Line for control of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad "Spine Line"; the Interstate Commerce Commission awarded the line to CNW's $93 million bid.

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