Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/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.^[1]

References

^ Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.