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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 ...
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 ...
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]
Railway companies established in 1856; Railway companies disestablished in 1861; Defunct Ohio railroads; Defunct Illinois railroads; Defunct Indiana railroads; Defunct Pennsylvania railroads; 4 ft 10 in gauge railways in the United States
2 tracks of NS / Amtrak Fort Wayne Line: Official name: Bridge No. 1, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway: Characteristics; Total length: 985 feet (300 m) 5 spans: Longest span: 319 feet (97 m) Clearance below: deck is 40.9 feet (12.5 m) above Emsworth Dam normal pool level (710 feet (220 m) above sea level) History; Built: 1901–1904 ...
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
That line opened in 1861, connecting at Valparaiso with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway to Chicago. The Cincinnati and Chicago Air-Line opened a bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport on September 25, 1861, connecting it to the Chicago and Cincinnati. Joint operation between Richmond and Chicago began July 1, 1862, and ended ...
This company, a corporation of the States of Indiana and Ohio, owned on May 6, 1856, the date of its consolidation with the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company to form The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company, about 131.60 miles of single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad ...