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Akron and Chicago Junction Railroad

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at Chicago Junction. The new line provided faster, more direct service from eastern shippers and markets through the heavily industrialized parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio to Chicago, avoiding the steep grades of B&O's mountainous route between Cumberland and
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in 1917. Construction was completed the following year, and the first train ran on August 15, 1891.
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The surviving portions of the B&O's Pittsburgh-Chicago route are part of
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On July 1, 1890, the A&CJ was leased in perpetuity to the
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This United States railway company-related article is a
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Index

Ohio
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
CSX Transportation
Track gauge
standard gauge
Ohio
Akron
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland, Maryland
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
New Castle, Pennsylvania
the old B&O main line
Grafton, West Virginia
CSX Transportation


History of the Railroads of Ohio
"Marching Right On. Improvements Being Made By The B.&O."
"Financial: $ 1,500,000. Akron & Chicago Junction Railroad Co., 1st Mortgage 5 per cent. Gold Bonds, due 1930"
"Akron Railroad History"


"The CSXT New Castle Subdivision"
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Ohio
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expanding it

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