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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 20.

Events

1877 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers riot in Baltimore, Maryland. 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.
1887 – The Youngstown, Lawrence and Pittsburg Railroad and the Ashtabula, Niles and Youngstown Railroad, both in Ohio, are merged to form the Pittsburg, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad (a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary).
1895 – Gov. Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, is retired from regular service.^[1]

1922 – Alan Stephenson Boyd, the first United States Secretary of Transportation 1966–1969, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1969–1972, president of Amtrak 1978–1992.

1910 – Ira G. Rawn, vice president of Illinois Central Railroad until 1909, president of Monon Railroad 1909–1910, dies from an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
^ Rader, Perry S. (1912). Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri Between December 23, 1911, and February 6, 1912. Vol. 239. Columbia, Missouri: E. W. Stephens. pp. 146–149. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
^ "Ira G. Rawn Died on Eve of Exposure". San Francisco Call. July 22, 1910. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
^ "I. G. Rawn Shot Dead; Suicide Suspected". New York Times. July 21, 1910. Retrieved November 22, 2013.