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In 1869 the B&O leased the Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad (SM&N), which stretched north from Newark on the Central Ohio Railroad to Sandusky on Lake Erie.Desiring to extend its system to Chicago, the B&O incorporated the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway as separate companies in Ohio and Indiana on March 13 and March 14, 1872, respectively; a third company with the same name ...
Old West Baltimore Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is primarily a row house neighborhood of approximately 175 city blocks directly northwest of downtown Baltimore. The district includes other housing from grand mansions to alley houses, as well as churches, public buildings (primarily ...
Of this, 6.63 miles were constructed for the company by the Baltimore and Ohio in 1874, and 256.66 miles were acquired by consolidation, 110.29 miles from the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Company, Ohio Division, and 146.37 miles from the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Company, Indiana Division, all having been ...
When the B&O Headquarters Building was completed, it was the second tallest structure in Baltimore to the 16 story 249 foot Continental Trust Company Building, two blocks away at 201 East Baltimore St., which was constructed in 1900–1901 to designs prepared by the Chicago skyscraper architect D.H. Burnham and Company. [7]
The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (reporting mark BOCT) is a terminal railroad in the Chicago area, formerly giving various other companies access to (Chicago's) Grand Central Station. It also served to connect those railroads for freight transfers, and is now controlled by CSX Corporation , [ 1 ] the successor to the Baltimore ...
[4]: 41 On April 26, 1958, the B&O discontinued all passenger service between Jersey City and Baltimore, Maryland, and thereafter the eastern terminus of the Columbian was Baltimore. [2] At the same time the Columbian and Capitol Limited began joint operation between Washington and Baltimore. On October 26, 1958, this joint operation extended ...
Wisconsin Central Railway Company (Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, lessee), tracks 10.85 miles, from Grand Central Station, Chicago, to Madison Street, Forest Park, Ill., of which the tracks from Central Avenue, Chicago, to Madison Street, Forest Park, Ill., 3.06 miles, are leased to the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago ...
Major intermediate station stops included Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Metropolitan Special carried vast amounts of mail and express packages in many (often 10+) baggage cars and express cars Added revenue for the train came from Railway Post Office cars, which sorted and canceled mail en route, between terminals.