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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 ...
The Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge, listed as the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, is a double-deck steel truss railroad bridge spanning the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The upper deck carries the Fort Wayne Line with two tracks of Norfolk Southern and Amtrak traffic. The lower deck is unused.
From Crestline west to Fort Wayne, the Ohio and Indiana Railroad opened the line in 1853 [4] and 1854. [6] The Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad extended the line west to Columbia City in 1856, on July 26 the three companies merged to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road. The line was completed to Chicago in 1856 [7] and 1858. [8]
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The Pennsylvania Company was a major holding company.It included the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, the PRR's main route to Chicago.Together with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad and Vandalia Railroad, the three railroads were branded by the PRR as Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh.
The property, rights, and franchises of The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company had been sold in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 24, 1861, to a purchasing committee, to whom they were deeded by the trustees and the master commissioner on February 18, 1862, and by deed of The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company dated ...
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: PRR: 1856 1861 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: PRR: 1862 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad: NYC: 1870 1881 Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad: Plymouth Short Line, Ltd. PSLL 1985 1990 N/A Poseyville and ...
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: PRR: 1856 1861 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: PRR: 1862 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad: PLE PLE 1878 1992 Three Rivers Railway: Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad: PL&W, PLW PLE/ PRR: 1902 1945