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Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway

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Dates of operation
  
1868–1889

Locale
  
Indiana, Ohio

Headquarters
  
Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Successor
  
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway was formed from the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad with the Bellefontaine Railway in 1868. The Bellefontaine had been formed by a merger of the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad and the Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad in 1864.

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Genealogy

  • Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
  • Bellefontaine Railroad 1868
  • Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad 1864
  • Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad 1864
  • Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad 1855
  • Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad 1868
  • Springfield, Mt. Vernon and Pittsburgh Railroad 1862
  • History

    The CCC&I, after its formation in 1868, sought to make a connection to Cincinnati. This connection was never realized by its predecessor line the Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad which only ran trains between Cleveland and Columbus. By 1872, the CCC&I made agreements to operate the Cincinnati and Springfield Railroad between Cincinnati and Dayton and the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad between Dayton and Springfield, finally providing a through route from Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati. In 1889, the CCC&I merged with lines in Indiana and Illinois to form the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, known as the Big Four Route. It eventually became a part of the New York Central Railroad.

    References

    Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Wikipedia


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