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Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894-1938)
Cincinnati Northern Railroad or Cincinnati Northern Railway may refer to: *Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938) The Cincinnati Northern Railroad was a railroad that stretched from Franklin, Ohio (near Cincinnati) north to Jackson, Michigan, a distance of about . It was acquired by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway in 1901 and the New ... in Ohio and Michigan, later part of the New York Central Railroad * Cincinnati Northern Railway (1880–1883) in Ohio, later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938)
The Cincinnati Northern Railroad was a railroad that stretched from Franklin, Ohio (near Cincinnati) north to Jackson, Michigan, a distance of about . It was acquired by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway in 1901 and the New York Central Railroad several years later. Most of the line has since been abandoned. History In the 1850s, a line was surveyed and partially graded from Cincinnati north to Van Wert, but construction was halted by the Panic of 1857.Morrow, p. 25 Construction on a north–south line through Ohio's western tier of counties did not begin again until the 1870s. The Van Wert, Paulding and Michigan Railway was incorporated in December 1874 to build a short branch from the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway (at Cecil) to Paulding. However, the Paulding and Cecil Railway was incorporated for the same purpose in December 1879, and opened in September 1880. Another short segment of the future Cincinnati Northern was built by the Celina, Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
