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The Columbus to Indianapolis via Bradford Main Line was a rail line owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio.. The line ran from Bradford on the Columbus to Chicago Main Line southwest to New Paris on the Pittsburgh to St. Louis Main Line, forming part of a route between Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. [1]
Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893. The Pennsy's charter was supplemented on March 23, 1853, to allow it to purchase stock and guarantee bonds of railroads in other states, up to a percentage of its capital stock. Several lines were then aided by the Pennsy in hopes to secure additional traffic.
From Crestline west to Fort Wayne, the Ohio and Indiana Railroad opened the line in 1853 [4] and 1854. [6] The Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad extended the line west to Columbia City in 1856, on July 26 the three companies merged to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road. The line was completed to Chicago in 1856 [7] and 1858. [8]
It was built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. [ 2 ] The first railroad to reach Hobart in 1858 was the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (PFW&C) which later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad .
The Ohio and Indiana Railroad was chartered in Ohio on March 26, 1850, and in Indiana on January 15, 1851, to extend the line west to Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was organized July 4, 1850, and work began in February 1852. Some of the capital was gained from a merger with the Great Western Railroad of Ohio in 1851.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania: Ohio Connecting Railway: PRR: 1886 1954 Penndel Company: Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad: OHPA 2004 2006 Eastern States Railroad: Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad: OHPA 1995 1996 Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway: Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad: PRR: 1848 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and ...
The Columbus to Chicago Main Line was a rail line owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the U.S. states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The line ran from Columbus, Ohio northwest via Logansport, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois. [1]
New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad: Indiana and Ohio Railroad: INOH 1979 1997 Indiana and Ohio Railway: Indiana Southern Railway: B&O, NKP: 1866 1880 Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi Railway: Indiana and Southwestern Railway: NYC: 1886 1887 Canada and St. Louis Railway: Indiana and Western Railroad: IC ...