March 20, 1880 The Southern Pacific reaches Tucson AZ, the first train arriving on this date.
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March 20, 1896 The Grand Trunk Railway purchases the Central Vermont Railway and begins operating it as a wholly owned subsidiary.
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March 20, 1909 The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company is formed. When the track is built this summer, the Peoria & Eastern will haul most of the materials. Later, when the original surface is found to be unsafe, the P&E will haul the bricks for "The Brickyard".
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March 20, 1949 The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy/Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific "California Zephyr" makes its first eastbound run, departing from San Francisco CA.
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March 20, 1950 The Baltimore & Ohio introduces its "Time-Saver" service for LCL freight.
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March 20, 1959 Last sailing of the Weehawken ferry, connecting New York Central's West Shore line with Manhattan.
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March 20, 1960 The Pioneer Zephyr makes its final revenue run from Lincoln NE to Kansas City MO. It then continues through Galesburg IL to Chicago for its final disposition.
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March 20, 1990 Canadian National GMD1 1071 departs Vancouver Island, ending 70 years of CN service on the island. The last segment of track was officially abandoned less than a month ago.
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March 20, 2017 Canadian National announces it will be closing the ore dock at Escanaba MI by the end of April. Ore has been shipped from Escanaba since 1852.
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March 20, 2022 Hitachi Rail announces it is building a new plant near Hagerstown MD to build new cars for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority. The new facility will employ 460 people and is expected to open in the winter of 2023-4.
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Mark Tomlonson
