The Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad was part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway system.

History

The Richmond and Miami Railroad was chartered in

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on January 19, 1846 to build from

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southeast to the

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state line. The Eaton and Hamilton Railroad was chartered February 8, 1847 in Ohio to continue the line southeast to

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and south to

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. The E&H opened from the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad north of Hamilton (with trackage rights to Hamilton) to Eaton July 1, 1852, and the rest of the E&H, as well as the R&M, opened May 1, 1853, crossing the state line at Neels, Ohio. With the December 1853 opening of the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway from Richmond northwest to

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, the three lines were operated jointly. On February 1, 1854, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad joined, providing a line south to

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. The Eaton and Hamilton absorbed the Richmond and Miami on December 1, 1854. Joint operations ended December 1, 1856. The portion in

was sold under

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on January 25, 1862 and reorganized April 30 as the Richmond and Miami Railway. The E&H began operating the R&M October 1. Om May 1, 1863 a branch opened from east of

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, the R&M's northwest end, east to New Paris at the

state line. The

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leased the branch on March 11 and obtained trackage rights to Richmond, extending their line west from New Paris to Richmond. (The next day, the Columbus and Xenia Railroad leased the D&W.) The E&H again began operating the R&M November 1, 1864 on a lease dated November 26. The E&H (in

) was sold March 17, 1866 and reorganized April 30 as the Cincinnati, Richmond and Chicago Railroad, under control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, and still operating the R&M. The CH&D outright leased the CR&C February 18, 1869. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, part of the Erie Railway system, leased the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, including the CR&C, on March 31, 1869. The Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad was incorporated December 22, 1881 to continue the line south from

on its own. That line opened in 1888, running southeast to the Little Miami Railroad at Rendcomb Junction, east of

. The CR&C and R&M were merged into the C&R on April 1, 1890. Most of the line is now the

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, although its southernmost portion became part of the

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Oasis Subdivision The Oasis Subdivision is a rail line in and near eastern Cincinnati. It is owned by the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) and operated by the Indiana and Ohio Railway for freight traffic. History The southern part of the line ...

References

Railroad History Database
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