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Eastern Ohio Railroad: B&O: 1891 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Eastern Ohio Railroad: B&O: 1871 1882 Wheeling and Cincinnati Mineral Railway: Eaton and Hamilton Railroad: PRR: 1847 1866 Cincinnati, Richmond and Chicago Railroad: Elyria and Black River Railway: B&O: 1871 1872 Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway: Erie Railroad: ERIE ERIE ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (CC&C) was a railroad that ran from Cleveland to Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio in the United States. Chartered in 1836, it was moribund for the first 10 years of its existence. Its charter was revived and amended in 1845, and construction on the line began in November 1847.
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length. 2,524 miles (4,062 kilometres) The Wabash Railroad (reporting mark WAB) was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario.
The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s). The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freight line in the country ...
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad. The Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad (nicknamed the "Blue Grass Route of Ohio" [3]) was a railroad company in the U.S. state of Ohio. It connected its namesake cities and served as a vital link for later parent Pennsylvania Railroad to connect Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. [4]
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system. Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported ...
Share of the Central Ohio Rail Road Company, issued 24. August 1862. On January 19, 1852, trains began running between Zanesville and Newark. [1] A year later trains ran from Newark to Columbus. Finally, in November 1854 the entire line was open between Bellaire and Columbus. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had been completed from Baltimore ...