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Originally chartered in 1881 as the Rome and Carrollton Railroad, the railroad's name became the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad in 1887, before any tracks were constructed. The railroad started construction between Rome and Cedartown, Georgia , as a 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge [ 1 ] railroad, but the 20 miles (32 km) of rail were ...
B&O Martinsburg West Roundhouse, the oldest covered turntable in the U.S., included in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops, Martinsburg, WV, NRHP-listed; Norfolk and Western Railroad Williamson Roundhouse, a 21-stall roundhouse, Williamson, West Virginia, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway and used as a car shop [11]
Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad: PRR: 1911 1926 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad: Toledo, Columbus and Southern Railway: NYC: 1885 1888 Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati Railway: Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad: B&O, DT&I, NKP: 1879 1882 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad: Toledo, Delphos and Indianapolis Railway: B ...
The Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad was formed out of a reorganization of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad in 1897 and three years later, it purchased the Chattanooga and Durham Railroad. Then in 1901 the CR&S was purchased by the Central of Georgia Railway.
Columbus Union Station was an intercity train station in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, near The Short North neighborhood. The station and its predecessors served railroad passengers in Columbus from 1851 until April 28, 1977. The first station building was the first union station in the world, built in 1851. Its replacement was built from 1873 to ...
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad: CG: 1887 1891 Savannah and Western Railroad: Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad: CG: 1897 1901 Central of Georgia Railway: Chattanooga Southern Railroad: SOU: 1896 1911 Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad: Chattanooga Southern Railway: SOU: 1894 1895 Chattanooga Southern Railroad: Chattanooga ...
The Wooster-Wayne Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a free program on Ohio and the Underground Railroad at the Orrville Public Library 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
The earliest predecessor of the Hocking Valley was the Mineral Railroad, incorporated in April 1864 to build from Athens in the rich Hocking Valley to Columbus. [2] The company changed its name to the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in June 1867, shortly after construction began at Columbus, [3] and the line opened for business from Columbus to Lancaster on January 20, 1869, Logan on ...