The Akron & Chicago Junction Railroad was a railroad incorporated in the state of Ohio on February 17, 1890. It ran from Akron to the town of Chicago Junction, Ohio, renamed Willard in 1917. Construction was completed the following year, and the first train ran on August 15, 1891.[1][2]
On July 1, 1890, the A&CJ was leased in perpetuity to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,[3] who built the A&CJ as part of its new Pittsburgh-Chicago route, consisting of existing B&O trackage from Cumberland, Maryland, to Pittsburgh, with the newly acquired Pittsburgh and Western Railroad from New Castle, Pennsylvania, to Akron, and the A&CJ from Akron to the old B&O main line 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 Grafton, West Virginia.[1][4][5]
The surviving portions of the B&O's Pittsburgh-Chicago route are part of CSX Transportation.[5]
^ abMorris, J. C. (1902). History of the Railroads of Ohio. Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, State of Ohio. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^"Marching Right On. Improvements Being Made By The B.&O." The Akron Beacon Journal. 16 November 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Financial: $1,500,000. Akron & Chicago Junction Railroad Co., 1st Mortgage 5 per cent. Gold Bonds, due 1930". The Philadelphia Enquirer. 14 April 1891. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
The Akron & ChicagoJunctionRailroad was a railroad incorporated in the state of Ohio on February 17, 1890. It ran from Akron to the town of Chicago Junction...
Baltimore and Ohio andChicagoRailroad, and simultaneously the Illinois company was renamed to match. On August 1, 1891, the AkronandChicagoJunction Railroad...
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Ohio. Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (AB) Ann Arbor Railroad (AA), Now owned by Watco Inc Ashland...
Ridge Railroad (CHR) Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO) ChicagoJunction Railway (CJRY) Chicago Port & Rail (CPRL) Chicago Port Railroad (CPC) Chicago Rail...
Railway (Clarke Junction to State Line) Wolf Lake Branch (Hammond) Hammond Branch (Hammond to Hegewisch) South Chicagoand Southern Railroad (Colehour to...
Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 merger with the former Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, also known as the...
the Valley Railroad Company was incorporated, and their intention was to run trains from Cleveland to Akron, Middlebury, and Canton, and it was to rival...
industrial centers of Cleveland andAkron, Ohio, with the coal fields of Stark and Tuscarawas counties. The genesis of the railroad is somewhat unclear, however...
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad: Steel King (Cleveland–Pittsburgh, with morning and evening variations) New York Central Railroad: Chicagoan (Chicago–New York)...
(Illinois) Watseka Union Depot Wells Street Station or Galena andChicago Union Railroad Depot, Chicago Indianapolis Union Station Muncie Union Station Union...
Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroadand the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official...
and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW), and Western Pacific Railroad (WP). It operated between Chicagoand Oakland –...
then westward through Akron to Chicago. Later, a cut-off was built between Shenango, Pennsylvania and Leavittsburg, Ohio, and the Cleveland - Youngstown...
Mayflower. Bangs grew up in Akron, Ohio, and attended the local schools. At age nine, Bangs apprenticed as a printer working at the Akron Beacon. His skills were...
Capital, British Iron, and an American Dream: The Story of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press. ISBN 9781884836916...
streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. In peak years it ran to...
former Norfolk and Western rail line. AC&Y District- - a former Norfolk and Western rail line. Built by Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroadand sold to the...
former Wabash; Nickel Plate; Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway; andAkron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad were brought into the system in one of the...
Global Information