Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

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The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a

railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central
system.

Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported 2,391 route-miles and 4,608 track-miles; that year it carried 8180 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 488 million passenger-miles.

History

Gold Bond of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, issued 15. May 1893

The railroad was formed on June 30, 1889, by the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway and the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway. The following year, the company gained control of the former Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway (through the foreclosed Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway and through an operating agreement with the Peoria and Eastern Railway).

In 1906, the Big Four was acquired by the

Conrail. Conrail was privatized in 1987 and in 1997 was jointly acquired by CSX and Norfolk Southern
.

Notable facilities

The Chesapeake Building, former headquarters of the Big Four

The railroad was headquartered in

Hampton Inn hotel.[1]

Between 1904 and 1908 the railroad constructed a repair shop for steam locomotives and for passenger and freight cars in Beech Grove, Indiana. Amtrak purchased the facility, now known as the Beech Grove Shops, from the bankrupt Penn Central in 1975.[2]

The railroad operated a

St. Louis, Missouri
. Conrail closed the Bellefontaine terminal in 1983, and its roundhouse was dismantled.

A large

yard facility known as the Big Four Yards is located in Avon, Indiana
, along the line's tracks, now owned and operated by CSX.

In 1895, the railroad acquired what became known as the Big Four Bridge across the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, thereby giving it access to that city. Use of the bridge for railroad purposes ceased by 1968, and it sat abandoned until work began by 2006 to convert it to use by pedestrians and bicyclists.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hampton Inn - Downtown Indianapolis
  2. ^ Amtrak (August 27, 2012). "Beech Grove shops". Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. ISBN 0813121000
    .

External links

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