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On July 26, 1856, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road was formed as a consolidation of the Fort Wayne and Chicago, Ohio and Indiana, and Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads. Extensions opened west to Warsaw September 28, Plymouth November 10, Englewood, Illinois (south of Chicago) on November 29, 1858, and Van Buren Street in Chicago ...
1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The Fort Wayne Line and Fort Wayne Secondary is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE), and CSX Transportation in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. The line runs from Pittsburgh, west via Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Gary ...
The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society was formed in 1972 and currently has over 400 members and over 70 volunteers. The group was formed with one purpose in mind: to restore an old steam locomotive to operational use and see it running down the tracks again. The history of the group actually begins before the FWRHS was formally conceived.
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio and Pennsylvania Belt Line Railroad: Ohio and Toledo Railroad: W&LE: 1872 1878 Youngstown and Connotton Valley Railroad: Ohio River Railway: N&W: 1877 1890 Scioto Valley Railway: Ohio River and Columbus Railway: Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1897 1901 Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling ...
Delisted. 1999. Reference no. 74002344. Columbus Union Station was an intercity train station in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, near The Short North neighborhood. The station and its predecessors served railroad passengers in Columbus from 1851 until April 28, 1977. The first station building was the first union station in the world, built in 1851.
The C&I bought the R&C on September 5, 1864. The Indiana Central Railway and Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad merged October 19 to form the Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway, with a main line from Columbus to Indianapolis and a branch from Bradford, Ohio, to Union City, Indiana. Richmond to Chicago (1848–1865)
The Columbus & Ohio River Railroad ( reporting mark CUOH) is a railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The main line, formerly part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Panhandle," was acquired from Conrail in 1992. It begins in Columbus along CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway tracks and stretches to Mingo ...
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]