List of Ohio railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Name Reporting Mark
AK Steel AKS
Railserve RSSX
Temperance Yard Corporation TYCX
U.S. Rail Corporation USRC
Centrus NULL
Dupps Company DUKX

Passenger carriers[]

Name Reporting Mark Type
Amtrak AMTK Intercity
Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad NULL Tourist
Byesville Scenic Railway BYSR Tourist
Cincinnati Bell Connector NULL Rapid transit
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad NULL Tourist
Hocking Valley Scenic Railway HVSR Tourist
Lake Shore Railway Association NULL Tourist
Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad LMM Tourist
RTA Rapid Transit RTA Rapid transit
Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway TLEW Tourist
Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad ZWSX Tourist

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
1889 1914 N/A
W&LE 1901 1916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
W&LE 1914 1917 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad A&BB, ABB ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1902 1994 Akron Barberton Cluster Railway
PRR 1851 1853
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad ACY ACY 1944 1982 Norfolk and Western Railway
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway ACY ACY 1907 1944 Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
Akron and Chicago Junction Railroad B&O 1890 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ACY 1892 1907 Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway
ACY 1895 1899
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1901 1901
ACY 1891 1902
B&O/ PRR 1891 1975 N/A
NYC 1878 1882
PRR 1881 1887
NYC 1891 1902
American Central Railway NKP 1859 1864
1889 1890
Ann Arbor Railroad AA AA 1895 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
ERIE/ PRR 1904 1906
ERIE/ PRR 1906 1913 Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad
ERIE/ PRR 1897 1903
ERIE, PRR 1853 1870 ,
PRR 1887 1887
PRR 1878 1887
PRR 1870 1878
C&O 1903 1909 Hocking Valley Railway
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 1871 1880 New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 1853 1865 Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Atlantic and Great Western Railway ERIE 1865 1871 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
NYC 1869 1876
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1866 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad B&O 1876 1949 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad B&O 1899 1949 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad B&O 1889 1893
B&O 1893 1899
B&O 1891 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
PRR 1870 1871
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway B&O 1872 1876 Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Continental Railroad ERIE 1871 1873 Chicago and Atlantic Railway
B&O 1870 1888
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1901 1902
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1902 1902 Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1891 1902 Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1899 1905 Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad
1895 1955 N/A
B&O 1879 1882
B&O 1885 1888 Central Ohio Railroad
B&O 1876 1880
PRR 1875 1882
W&LE 1890 1901
PRR 1882 1902
Bellefontaine Railway NYC 1864 1868 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad NYC 1848 1864 Bellefontaine Railway
B&O 1907 1914
Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad B&O 1845 1851 Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
B&O 1874 1943
WAB 1880 1881
W&LE 1884 1888
W&LE 1850 1866
W&LE 1866 1873
Celina, Van Wert and State Line Extension of the Columbus and North-Western Railway NYC 1878 1881 Cincinnati, Van Wert and Michigan Railroad
Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway CQPA 2001 2004 Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
Central Ohio Railroad B&O 1847 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O/NYC 1884 1935 N/A
W&LE 1901 1916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
W&LE 1901 1916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
W&LE 1880 1890
C&O 1926 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, CO C&O 1889 1987 CSX Transportation
C&O 1914 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O 1910 1934 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chicago and Atlantic Railway ERIE 1873 1890 Chicago and Erie Railroad
C&O 1903 1910
Chicago and Erie Railroad ERIE 1890 1941 Erie Railroad
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway NYC 1871 1888 Detroit and Chicago Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 1883 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
B&O 1885 1886
B&O 1868 1894
Cincinnati, Batavia and Williamsburg Railroad N&W 1876 1876 Cincinnati and Eastern Railway
DT&I 1881 1886 Ohio Southern Railroad
N&W 1899 1901 Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad
B&O 1887 1943
B&O 1891 1895 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
B&O 1891 1895 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
Cincinnati and Eastern Railway N&W 1876 1887 Ohio and North Western Railroad
1903 1919 N/A
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad CG&P 1873
B&O 1846 1847 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad B&O 1847 1895 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway B&O 1895 1917
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad B&O 1872 1902 Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
NYC 1861 1880 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
C&O 1902 1903
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway NYC 1880 1889 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad CIWN B&O 1915 1990 CSX Transportation
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway B&O 1902 1915 Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
C&O 1902 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad NYC 1886 1892 Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway NYC 1892 1897 Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway PRR 1885 1926 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Xenia Railroad PRR 1850 1869 Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway
Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad NYC 1891 1892 Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad PRR 1898 1911
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railway PRR 1870 1898 Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad
Cincinnati Northern Railroad CNOR NYC 1894 1938 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati Northern Railway PRR 1880 1883 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
B&O 1899 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad N&W 1891 1901 Norfolk and Western Railway
Cincinnati Railway Tunnel Company PRR 1872 1896 Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad PRR 1881 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati, Richmond and Chicago Railroad PRR 1866 1890 Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad
NYC 1868 1938 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati Southern Railway SOU 1869 Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
NYC 1870 1912 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
CTER 1994 1997 Indiana and Ohio Railway
Cincinnati, Van Wert and Michigan Railroad NYC 1881 1886 Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
B&O 1883 1889 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
B&O 1883 1891
PRR 1851 1863
PRR 1864 1869 Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railway
PRR 1911 1926 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad PRR 1881 1882 Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway PRR 1885 1911
ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR 1899 1902 Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad
W&LE 1890 1891
W&LE 1891 1899 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
W&LE 1885 1892
W&LE 1877 1881
W&LE 1890 1899 , Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
W&LE 1888 1891
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NYC 1889 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad NYC 1836 1868 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway NYC 1868 1889 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
ACY 1881 1885
NKP 1865 1879
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad B&O 1883 1893
B&O 1893 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad ERIE 1848 1872 Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad
PRR 1886 1911
Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad ERIE 1872 1941 Erie Railroad
PRR 1879 1886
PRR 1886 1911
B&O 1853 1870 Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway
PRR 1869 1881 Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad
PRR 1898 1899
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad NYC 1848 1868 Lake Shore Railway
PRR 1836 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Cleveland Short Line Railway NYC 1902 1915 New York Central Railroad
B&O 1887 1893
Cleveland and State Line Railroad NKP 1887 1887 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway B&O 1895 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad NYC 1853 1869 Lake Shore Railway
Cleveland, Toledo and Lakeside Railway 1885 1886 Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad
Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railway B&O 1875 1883 Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad
ACY 1884 1890
NYC 1887 1895
B&O 1890 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC 1881 1882
NYC 1882 1886
PRR 1853 1864 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway PRR 1868 1883 Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
B&O 1882 1882
B&O 1882 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
N&W 1892 1913 Norfolk and Western Railway
NYC 1882 1890
B&O 1887 1943
Columbus and Gallipolis Railway C&O 1876 1878 Ohio and West Virginia Railway
Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad C&O 1867 1881 Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway
Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway C&O 1881 1899 Hocking Valley Railway
Columbus and Indiana Central Railway PRR 1867 1868 Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad PRR 1863 1864 Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway
Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway PRR 1864 1867 Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
B&O 1845 1854 Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad
N&W 1881 1901 Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad
N&W 1877 1881
DT&I, NYC 1897 1898
Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Railroad PRR 1849 1863 Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad
NYC, PRR 1895 1902 ,
NYC, PRR 1893 1895
NYC 1889 1893
NYC 1869 1912 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
NYC 1878 1879
N&W 1893 1905 Norfolk and Western Railway
PRR 1867 1870
Columbus and Toledo Railroad C&O 1872 1881 Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway
DT&I 1877 1879
1899
Columbus and Xenia Railroad PRR 1844 1943 Little Miami Railroad
B&LE 1892 1893 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad
Connecting Railway PRR 1956 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
W&LE 1880 1880
W&LE 1879 1880
CVRI 2002 2004 Cleveland Commercial Railroad
W&LE 1880 1885
W&LE 1881 1882
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
W&LE 1909 1917 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
W&LE 1885 1891
B&O 1851 1853
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company C&O 1886 1985 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cuyahoga Valley Railway CUVA 1905 2002
B&O 1886 1887
Dayton and Cincinnati Railroad PRR 1849 1872 Cincinnati Railway Tunnel Company
Dayton and Cincinnati Terminal Railroad NYC 1894 1894 Cincinnati Northern Railroad
B&O 1877 1880 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
B&O 1887 1891 ,
C&O 1890 1900 Hocking Valley Railway
Dayton and Ironton Railroad B&O 1884 1887
Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad PRR 1889 1907 Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad and Terminal Company
Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad and Terminal Company PRR 1907 1915 Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
Dayton, Lebanon and Deerfield Railroad PRR 1847 1848 Dayton, Springboro, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad
Dayton and Michigan Railroad B&O 1851 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
DT&I 1895 1898
B&O 1886 1886
B&O 1871 1881 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
Dayton, Springboro, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad PRR 1848 1849 Dayton and Cincinnati Railroad
B&O 1885 1886
B&O/ NYC/ PRR 1892 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1863 1989 CSX Transportation
PRR 1846 1943 Little Miami Railroad
PRR 1851 1865 Columbus and Xenia Railroad, Little Miami Railroad
NKP 1877 1879 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
WAB 1881 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
Detroit and Chicago Railroad NYC 1888 1914 New York Central Railroad
DT&I, NYC 1897 1901 , Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
DT&I 1901 1905 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway
WAB 1889 1889 Wabash Railroad
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad DT&I, DTI DT&I 1914 1983 Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway DT&I 1905 1913 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad D&TS, DTS CN/ NKP 1899 1981 Grand Trunk Western Railroad
B&O 1891 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1871 1882
Eaton and Hamilton Railroad PRR 1847 1866 Cincinnati, Richmond and Chicago Railroad
B&O 1871 1872 Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway
Erie Railroad ERIE ERIE 1895 1960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad NYC 1833 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad EL 1960 1968 Erie Lackawanna Railway
Erie Lackawanna Railway EL 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
1883 1967 N/A
FP&E, FPE N&W 1910 1984 Norfolk and Western Railway
NYC 1918 1952 New York Central Railroad
NYC 1887 1932 N/A
1890 1894
1894 1903
1890 1890
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad PM 1897 1899 Pere Marquette Railroad
Franklin and Warren Railroad ERIE 1851 1853 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Fremont and Indiana Railroad NKP 1853 1861 Fremont, Lima and Union Railroad
Fremont, Lima and Union Railroad NKP 1862 1865 Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad
Fremont, Lima and Union Railway NKP 1871 1872 Lake Erie and Louisville Railway
Gallipolis, McArthur and Columbus Railroad C&O 1870 1877 Columbus and Gallipolis Railway
GMRY 1994 2004 U S Rail Corporation
B&O 1846 1862
B&O 1896 1944 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC 1864 1871
NYC 1871 1912 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
W&LE 1887 1888
N&W 1895 1902 Norfolk and Western Railway
B&O 1846 1860 Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
N&W 1879 1902 Norfolk and Western Railway
1986 1992 Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Hocking Valley Railway HV C&O 1899 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Holliday's Cove Railroad PRR 1860 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
B&O 1871 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
B&O 1846 1854 Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway NYC 1881 1887
Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation IHRC 1980 1997 , Maumee and Western Railroad
Indiana and Ohio Railroad INOH 1979 1997 Indiana and Ohio Railway
Indiana and Ohio Central Railroad IOCR 1987 2005 Indiana and Ohio Railway
1987 1994
NYC 1866 1867
Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad NYC 1873 1880 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
NYC 1867 1873 Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad
ERIE/ PRR 1903 1910 Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad
DT&I 1849 1881 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
Iron Railway DT&I 1884 1902
NYC 1877 1881
W&LE 1888 1888
B&O 1849 1878 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad
Junction Railroad NYC 1846 1853 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
NYC 1872 1872
K&M NYC 1890 1938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
NYC 1886 1890
NYC 1887 1893 ,
NYC 1901 1952 New York Central Railroad
NYC 1874 1878
LEE PLE 1904 1984 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad NKP 1877 1879 Lake Erie and Western Railway
Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad NKP 1865 1871 Fremont, Lima and Union Railway
Lake Erie and Louisville Railway NKP 1872 1877 Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad
NYC/ PRR 1903 1970 Penn Central Transportation Company
Lake Erie and Western Railroad NKP 1887 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Lake Erie and Western Railway NKP 1879 1886 Lake Erie and Western Railroad
B&O 1881 1891
PLE 1902 1912
ACY, ERIE/ PRR 1903 1907 , Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway
Lake Shore Railway NYC 1868 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway NYC 1869 1914 New York Central Railroad
Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway B&O 1870 1875 Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railway
Lake View and Collamer Railroad 1875 1882 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Operated as Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad from 1879 to 1882
Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad 1886 1964 N/A
PRR 1865 1887
PRR 1864 1865
ERIE 1868 1872
B&O 1900 1944 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
DT&I 1895 1897
Little Miami Railroad PRR 1836 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
ERIE/ PRR 1905 1910 Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad
Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad LA&S ERIE/ PRR 1910 1925 N/A
1903 1952 N/A
LAWV W&LE 1906 1983 N/A
B&O 1886 1888
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad L&N 1872 1877 Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway L&N 1877 1881 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LN L&N 1881 1983 Seaboard System Railroad
Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad NYC 1832 1858
Mahoning Coal Railroad NYC 1871 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
NYC 1886 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
PLE 1891 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
B&O 1902 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad PRR 1871 1877
Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railway PRR 1870 1871 Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad
B&O 1836 1843
B&O 1843 1854 Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad
PRR 1894 1926 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
B&O 1896 1900 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad B&O 1851 1882
1900 1916 ,
PRR 1868 1873
PRR 1873 1877
1900
PRR 1888 1892
W&LE 1892 1904 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
1909 1929 N/A
PRR 1868 1928 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
W&LE 1874 1877
B&O 1879 1887
Miami Valley Railway PRR 1876 1880 Cincinnati Northern Railway
Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway PRR 1874 1876 Miami Valley Railway
Michigan Central Railroad MC NYC 1883 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Michigan Interstate Railway 1977 1988 Ann Arbor Railroad
Michigan and Ohio Railroad NYC 1883 1887 Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad NYC 1855 1869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
NYC 1913 1938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad PRR 1894 1902 Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
Middletown and Cincinnati Railway PRR 1890 1894 Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad
B&O 1886 1886
MID 1963 1973 N/A
ERIE/ PRR 1894 1897
Mineral Railroad C&O 1864 1867 Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad
Monroe and Toledo Railway PM 1893 1897 Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
B&O 1835 1843 Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad
WAB 1889 1891 Wabash Railroad
NYC 1879 1966 N/A
MOXV 1983 1986 Ohio Southern Railroad
PRR 1881 1893
ERIE 1864 1869
New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1914 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
NKP 1881 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKP NKP 1887 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NKP 1881 1887 Cleveland and State Line Railroad
NKP 1880 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad ERIE 1883 1895 Erie Railroad
1887 1889
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad ERIE 1880 1896 Nypano Railroad
PLE/ PRR 1881 1885
B&O 1867 1900
N&SS, NSS 1899 1986 Cuyahoga Valley Railway, Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company L&N 1868 1904 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
ERIE 1869 1872
NTRY 1990 2003 Republic N&T Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad N&W 1890 1896 Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW N&W 1896 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
B&LE 1888 1888 Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad
WAB 1880 1880
NYC 1871 1871 Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
Northern Indiana Railroad NYC 1851 1855 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
ACY 1895 1944 Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
PRR 1876 1891
Nypano Railroad ERIE 1896 1941 Erie Railroad
NYC 1836 1852 Junction Railroad
1894 1894
ACY 1883 1887
NKP 1879 1880
NYC 1879 1885 , Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
NYC 1876 1878 ,
Ohio and Indiana Railroad PRR 1850 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
1889
NYC 1881 1881 Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
NYC 1880 1881
Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway NYC 1887 1890 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
NYC 1886 1886
Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company C&O 1886 1886 Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
B&O 1900 1966 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1900 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad B&O 1848 1867 Ohio and Mississippi Railway
Ohio and Mississippi Railway B&O 1867 1893
1933 1954 N/A
Ohio and North Western Railroad N&W 1886 1890 Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 1848 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
W&LE 1872 1878
N&W 1877 1890
NYC 1897 1901
PRR 1902 1931
Ohio Southern Railroad DT&I 1881 1898
PRR 1871 1890
PRR 1897 1902
Ohio and West Virginia Railway C&O 1878 1881 Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway
W&LE 1875 1880
B&O 1852 1870
B&O 1886 1890
B&O 1870 1879
B&O 1879 1886
Paulding and Cecil Railway NYC 1879 1887 Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
PRR 1954 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Company PRR 1871 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1918 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad PRR 1926 1956 Connecting Railway
Peoria and Eastern Railway PAE NYC 1890 1914 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Pere Marquette Railroad PM 1899 1917 Pere Marquette Railway
Pere Marquette Railway PM PM 1917 1947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 1956 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pioneer and Fayette Railroad PF 1933 1992 N/A
B&O 1881 1943
ACY 1890 1894
ACY 1887 1890
Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE 1897 1949 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
ACY 1882 1887
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 1917 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway PRR 1890 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway PRR 1868 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
B&O 1882 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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
PL&W, PLW PLE/ PRR 1902 1945 Youngstown and Southern Railway
PLE/ PRR 1896 1902
PLE/ PRR 1885 1896
B&O 1853 1865
PRR 1869 1869
B&O 1877 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
B&O 1875 1877
PRR 1890 1954
B&O 1886 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad B&LE 1888 1897 Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh, Toledo and Western Railroad P&WV 1901 1904 Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad 1967 Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway P&WV P&WV 1917 1967 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad B&O 1881 1887 Pittsburgh and Western Railway
Pittsburgh and Western Railway B&O 1887 1902 N/A Only entered Ohio through leases of other companies
PRR 1887 1906
PRR 1906 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1881 1882
Pleasant Bay Railway CN/ NKP 1899 1899 Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
PL&W Railroad PLW 1993 1995 Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
NYC 1886 1935
NYC 1883 1885 ,
C&O 1909 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
NYC 1881 1883
NYC 1852 1853 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
Railroad Ventures, Inc. 1996 2001
ACY 1898 1903
Richmond and Covington Railroad PRR 1862 1864 Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad
RT 1909 2002
NKP 1867 1881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
PRR 1883 1904
B&O 1880 1885
B&O 1879 1945 N/A
Salem Railroad PLE/ PRR 1881 1902
NYC 1866 1868
NYC 1851 1866
PRR 1889 1891
PRR 1891 1893
NYC 1858 1866
NKP 1880 1880 Lake Erie and Western Railway
Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad B&O 1854 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1898 1914 Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway
B&O 1849 1863 Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad,
N&W 1875 1890
N&W 1890 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad SBD 1983 1986 CSX Transportation
B&O 1849 1853
1912 1913
B&O 1898 1916 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC 1883 1888
B&O 1865 1871
Spring Grove, Avondale and Cincinnati Railway 1881 1883 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
NYC 1849 1868
DT&I 1874 1879
NYC, PRR 1850 1852
NYC, PRR 1852 1867 Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad,
DT&I 1879 1881 Ohio Southern Railroad
NYC 1887 1887 Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
SBLN 1984 N/A
NYC 1881 1882
Steubenville and Indiana Railroad PRR 1848 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
W&LE Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
B&O 1901 1930 N/A
NYC 1875 1914 New York Central Railroad
NKP 1854 1859 American Central Railway
TA&W, TAW 1902 1981 N/A
AA 1878 1880
DT&I 1904 1912
AA 1880 1884 Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
DT&I 1911 1915
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway AA 1884 1895 Ann Arbor Railroad
W&LE 1883 1996 Norfolk and Western Railway
NYC 1872 1916 Michigan Central Railroad
WAB 1901 1901 Wabash Railroad
B&O 1917 1944 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad B&O, DT&I, NKP, PRR 1882 1885 Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway, Dayton and Ironton Railroad, Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad, , Iron Railway,
NYC 1889 1892 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
PRR 1911 1926 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
NYC 1885 1888
Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad B&O, DT&I, NKP 1879 1882 Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
B&O, NKP 1872 1879 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
DT&I 1915 1931 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
PRR 1898 1903
NKP 1886 1886 Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
B&O 1889 1890
NKP 1874 1881 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
Toledo and Illinois Railroad WAB 1853 1856 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad
NYC 1881 1885
NKP 1873 1879 Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
NYC 1882 1883 Michigan and Ohio Railroad
NYC 1887 1897
PRR 1901 1903
DT&I 1904 1904
Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad NYC 1850 1853 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway NYC 1885 1952 New York Central Railroad
Toledo and Ottawa Beach Railway CN/ NKP 1898 1899 Pleasant Bay Railway
B&O/ CN/ C&O/ NKP/ NYC/ PM/ PRR 1901 1907 Toledo Terminal Railroad
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad NKP 1886 1900 Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad NKP 1900 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
AA 1872 1878
Toledo Terminal Railroad TT B&O/ CN/ C&O/ NKP/ NYC/ PM/ PRR 1907 1989 CSX Transportation
PRR 1871 1876
Toledo and Wabash Railroad WAB 1858 1858 Toledo and Wabash Railway
Toledo and Wabash Railway WAB 1858 1865 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad WAB 1856 1858 Toledo and Wabash Railroad
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway WAB 1865 1876 Wabash Railway
PRR 1891 1911
WAB 1889 1889 Wabash Railroad
PRR 1869 1878
B&O 1887 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Depot Company NYC/ PRR 1872 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1858 1860 Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
B&O 1889 1895
Valley Railway B&O 1871 1895 Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway
Van Wert, Paulding and Michigan Railway NYC 1874 1881 Cincinnati, Van Wert and Michigan Railroad
Vandalia Railroad PRR 1913 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Wabash Railroad WAB WAB 1942 1991 Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railroad WAB 1889 1915 Wabash Railway
Wabash Railway WAB 1915 1942 Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railway WAB 1877 1879 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
WAB 1876 1877 Wabash Railway
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway WPT P&WV 1904 1916 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway WAB 1879 1886 ,
Wabash Western Railway WAB 1889 1889 Wabash Railroad
PRR 1889 1891
W&LE 1888 1891
DT&I 1875 1877
C&O 1895 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
PRR 1889 1900
B&O 1882 1883
NYC 1895 1901
PRR 1884 1889
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad W&LE 1899 1916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
W&LE 1871 1886
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway W&LE, WLE W&LE 1916 1988 Norfolk and Western Railway
W&LE 1886 1899 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
W&LE 1881 1887
PRR 1900 1954
ERIE 1871 1882
ERIE 1871 1882
ERIE 1871 1941 Erie Railroad
PRR 1872 1873
W&LE 1877 1879
PRR 1887 1887
B&O 1875 1875
YN 1909 1981 N/A
PLE 1877 1878 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
PRR 1899 1954
Youngstown and Salem Railroad PLE/ PRR 1903 1903 Youngstown and Southern Railway
Youngstown and Southern Railway YS PLE/ PRR 1944 1996 Railroad Ventures, Inc.
Youngstown and Southern Railway PLE/ PRR 1903 1916 Youngstown and Suburban Railway
Youngstown and Suburban Railway YS PLE/ PRR 1916 1944 Youngstown and Southern Railway
B&O 1881 1881 Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
W&LE 1901 1948 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
B&O 1883 1885
W&LE 1886 1895
B&O 1886 1900
PRR 1881 1882
NYC/ PRR 1902 1969
NYC/ PRR 1890 1902
NYC 1902 1938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Electric railways

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  • Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Ohio" (PDF).. Retrieved May 25, 2005.
  • Cole, Wayne A. (2005). Ghost rails, 1850-1980. Volume 1, Abandoned railroads, their industries, last runs, Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Darlington, Pennsylvania: ColeBooks. ISBN 0-9727397-1-8.
  • Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, history of the railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
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