Cincinnati, Hamilton And Dayton Railway (1846–1917)
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Cincinnati, Hamilton And Dayton Railway (1846–1917)
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (CH&D) was a railroad based in the U.S. state of Ohio that existed between its incorporation on March 2, 1846, and its acquisition by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in December 1917. It was originally chartered to build from Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati to Hamilton, Ohio, and then to Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, a distance of ; further construction and acquisition extended the railroad, and by 1902 it owned or controlled of railroad. Its stock and bond value plunged in late 1905 after "financial mismanagement of the properties" was revealed. The company was reorganized as the Toledo and Cincinnati Railroad in 1917. Acquisitions The original CH&D was founded by John Alexander Collins, who was born on June 8, 1815, in Staffordshire, England. He came to the US as a child in 1825, and worked as a locomotive engineer until moving to Ohio in 1851 to open the CH&D. Collins remained with the line until 1872, six years before his death in Covi ...
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Cincinnati, Hamilton And Dayton Railway (1926–30)
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway may refer to: *Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1895–1917) Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway may refer to: * Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1895–1917), earlier Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (1847-1895), a steam railroad that became part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad * Cinci ..., earlier Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (1847-1895), a steam railroad that became part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad * Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1926–1930), an interurban streetcar line {{dab ...
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