BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD Lantern 1895 ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY CHGO NY B&O RR

B&O, one of the Oldest Railroads in the United States. This Vintage piece of Railroad History was made by The Adams & Westlake Company for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. This Double Wire lantern is marked THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK B. The burner is marked P&A MFG CO. And is in good working order.

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Learn how and when to remove this template message. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system map, circa 1961. At Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reporting marks. B&O , BO is one of the oldest railroads in the United States.

And the first common carrier. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal. Which served New York City. Which would have connected Philadelphia.

At first this railroad was located entirely in the state of Maryland. With an original line from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook. At this point to continue westward, it had to cross into Virginia. Adjacent to the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah. From there it passed through Virginia from Harpers Ferry.

To a point just west of the junction of Patterson Creek. And the North Branch Potomac River where it crossed back into Maryland to reach Cumberland. From there it was extended to the Ohio River. And a few years later also to Parkersburg, West Virginia.

It is now part of the CSX Transportation. (CSX) network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the USA.

The B&O also included the Leiper Railroad. The first permanent horse-drawn railroad in the U. In later years, B&O advertising carried the motto: Linking 13 Great States with the Nation.

Part of the B&O Railroad's immortality has come from being one of the four featured railroads on the U. Version of the board game Monopoly. But it is the only railroad on the board which did not serve Atlantic City, New Jersey.

When CSX established the B&O Railroad Museum. As a separate entity from the corporation, some of the former B&O Mount Clare Shops. In Baltimore, including the Mt. At the Camden Yards rail junction in Baltimore now dominates the view over the right-field wall at the Baltimore Orioles. Current home, Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

At the end of 1970 B&O operated 5552 miles of road and 10449 miles of track, not including the Staten Island Rapid Transit. (SIRT) or the Reading and its subsidiaries. Conflicts in the early years. The fast-growing port city of Baltimore, Maryland. Faced economic stagnation unless it opened routes to the western states, as New York had done with the Erie Canal. In 1827, twenty-five merchants and bankers studied the best means of restoring that portion of the Western trade which has recently been diverted from it by the introduction of steam navigation. Their answer was to build a railroad? One of the first commercial lines in the world. Were the pioneers of the railroad.

They spent the year 1826 investigating railway enterprises in England, which were at that time being tested in a comprehensive fashion as commercial ventures. Their investigation completed, they held an organizational meeting on February 12, 1827, including about twenty-five citizens, most of whom were Baltimore merchants or bankers. Chapter 123 of the 1826 Session Laws of Maryland.

Passed February 28, 1827, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. On March 8, 1827, chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company , with the task of building a railroad from the port of Baltimore west to a suitable point on the Ohio River. The railroad, formally incorporated April 24, was intended to provide not only an alternative to, but also a faster route for Midwestern.

Goods to reach the East Coast. Than the seven-year-old, hugely successful, but slow Erie Canal. Thomas was elected as the first president and Brown the treasurer. The capital of the proposed company was fixed at five million dollars.

But the B&O was initially capitalized in 1827 with a three million dollar issue of stock. Virtually every citizen of Baltimore owned a share, as the offering was oversubscribed. Cornerstone of the B&O, laid July 4, 1828 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Now displayed at the B&O Railroad Museum. Construction began on July 4, 1828, when Charles Carroll of Carrollton. The initial tracks were built with granite. Stringers topped by strap iron rails.

The first section, from Baltimore west to Ellicott's Mills now known as Ellicott City. , opened on May 24, 1830.

Developers decided to follow the Patapsco River. To a point near Parr's Ridge now known as Mount Airy. , where the railroad would cross a height of land and descend into the valley of the Monocacy. Further extensions opened to Frederick. Including the short Frederick Branch.

December 1, 1831, Point of Rocks. April 2, 1832, Sandy Hook. December 1, 1834 the connection to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. June 22, 1852, and its terminus at Wheeling, West Virginia. The narrow strip of available land along the Potomac River from Point of Rocks to Harpers Ferry caused a legal battle between the B&O and the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal.

As both sought to exclude the other from its use. A later compromise allowed the two companies to share the right of way. The State of Maryland granted the B&O a charter to build a line from Baltimore to Washington, D. In 1831, and the Washington Branch. This line joined to the original mainline at Relay, Maryland.

Crossing the Patapsco on the Thomas Viaduct. Which remains one of the B&O's signature structures. This line was partially funded by the state, and was operated separately until the 1870s, with the state taking a 25 percent cut of gross passenger receipts. This line was built in stone, much like the original mainline. By this time, however, strap rail was no longer used for new construction.

Most of the stone bridges on the Old Main Line. Did not last long, being washed out by the periodic flooding of the Patapsco River and replaced at first by Bollman Truss bridges. The Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad.

Connected to this line at Annapolis Junction in 1840. As an unwritten condition for the charter, it was understood that the state would not charter any competing line between Baltimore and Washington. See also: Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. When construction began on the B&O in the 1820s, railroad engineering was in its infancy. Unsure exactly which materials would suffice, the B&O erred on the side of sturdiness and built many of its early structures of granite.

Even the track bed to which iron strap rail was affixed consisted of the stone. Though the granite soon proved too unforgiving and expensive for track, most of the B&O's monumental bridges have survived to this day, and many are still in active railroad use by CSX. Was the longest bridge in the United States upon its completion in 1835, and remains in use as well. The B&O made extensive use of the Bollman iron truss bridge. Design in the mid-19th century. Its durability and ease of assembly aided faster railroad construction. As the B&O built the main line west to Parrs Ridge, it had limited information about the operation of steam locomotives. Consequently, the company was uncertain if the engine's metal wheels would grip the metal rails sufficiently to pull a train up to the top of the ridge. The railroad decided to construct two inclined planes.

On each side of the ridge along which teams of horses, and perhaps steam-powered winches, would assist pulling the trains uphill. The planes, about a mile long on each side of the ridge, quickly proved an operational bottleneck. And before the decade of the 1830s ended the B&O built a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) long alternate route that became known as the Mount Airy Loop.

The planes were quickly abandoned and forgotten, though some artifacts survive to the present. See also Old Main Line Subdivision. And Baltimore along the B&O's right-of-way. The B&O approved the project with the agreement that the railroad would have free use of the line upon its completion.

An impressive demonstration occurred on May 1, 1844, when news of the Whig Party. S nomination of Henry Clay.

President was telegraphed from the party's convention in Baltimore to the Capitol Building. On May 24, 1844, the line was officially opened as Samuel F. Sent his famous words "What hath God wrought" from the B&O's Mount Clare station to the Capitol Building along the wire. The Founders of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1891), represents the B&O's history (left to right) beginning with its founding in 1827 to 1880.

And others are gathered at left. Is seated at center left (with telegraph tape) and John W.

The original painting is now at the headquarters of CSX Transportation. A replica is at the B&O Railroad Museum. Contrary to legend the B&O was not the first chartered railroad in the United States; John Stevens. Obtained a charter for the New Jersey Railroad. The B&O was, however, the first company to operate a locomotive built in America, with the "Tom Thumb" in 1829. (Mount Clare in 1829) and was the first railroad that earned passenger revenues (December 1829), and published a timetable (May 23, 1830).

On December 24, 1852, it became the first rail line to reach the Ohio River from the eastern seaboard. Operation of the railroad was hampered by its partial government ownership. Of the thirty members on its board of directors.

Twelve were elected by shareholders while the other eighteen were appointed either by Maryland or the Baltimore City Council. These had conflicting interests: the directors appointed by the state and city desired low fares.

And all construction funded from corporate revenues while the directors elected by shareholders desired greater profits. These conflicts became more intense in the 1850s after the completion of the C&O Canal, which brought additional competition to the B&O for transport services. In 1858, after being nominated by large shareholder and director Johns Hopkins. Became president of the B&O, a position he would hold until his death in 1884.

In the first year of his presidency, corporate operating costs. Were reduced from 65 percent of revenues to 46 percent. And the railroad began distributing profits to its shareholders. Stopped a train during John Brown's.

Raid on the federal arsenal. At Harpers Ferry, Virginia (later part of West Virginia). Garrett telegraphed the Secretary of War, and a B&O train carried federal troops led by Robert E. To capture the abolitionists and John Brown.

At the outset of the Civil War. The B&O possessed 236 locomotives, 128 passenger coaches, 3,451 rail cars and 513 miles (826 km) of rail road, all in states south of the Mason? Although many Marylanders had Southern sympathies.

Garrett and Hopkins supported the Union. The B&O was instrumental in supporting the Federal government during the Civil War, as it was the main rail connection between Washington, D. As a result, 143 raids and battles during the war involved the B&O Railroad, many resulting in substantial loss.

Confederate operations began in May with Colonel Jackson's operations against the B&O Railroad (1861). By the end of 1861, 23 B&O railroad bridges had been burned, 102 miles (164 km) of telegraph line were cut down, 36.5 miles (58.7 km) of track was torn up or destroyed, 42 locomotives were burned, 14 locomotives were captured and 386 rail cars stolen and destroyed. Through these actions, operations on B&O Railroad were completely shut down for ten months.

It was not until the end of March 1862 that service on the B&O Railroad was restored, and even then train movements were sporadic and subject to frequent stoppages, derailments, capture and attack. Prominent raids on the B&O railroad during this period were. The Great Train Raid of 1861. January 1 through January 24, 1862. Operations during the Maryland Campaign.

Various raids of Brigadier General A. B&O Locomotives Captured During the Great Train Raid of 1861. Advertisement for the Baltimore and Ohio in an 1864 Baltimore city directory, promoting its repairs and reopening at one point during the war. The second half of the Civil War was characterized by near continuous raiding, which severely hampered the Union defense of Washington, D. Incompetent Union forces and leaders often failed to properly secure the region, despite the vital importance of the rail company to the Union cause. There is no interest suffering here except the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and I will not divide my forces to protect it. This military strategy, or lack thereof, allowed Confederate commanders to contribute significantly to the length of the war, by conducting free-ranging military operations against the region and railroad.

The B&O and Garrett are particularly remembered for their part in the Battle of Monocacy. Agents of the railroad began reporting Confederate troop movements eleven days prior to the battle, and Garrett had their intelligence passed to authorities in the War Department and to Major General Lew Wallace. Who commanded the department that would be responsible for defense of the area.

As preparations for the battle progressed, the B&O provided transport for federal troops and munitions, and on two occasions Garrett was contacted directly by President Abraham Lincoln. Though Union forces lost this battle, the delay allowed Ulysses S.

To successfully repel the Confederate attack on Washington at the Battle of Fort Stevens. After the battle, Lincoln paid tribute to Garrett as.

The right arm of the Federal Government in the aid he rendered the authorities in preventing the Confederates from seizing Washington and securing its retention as the Capital of the Loyal States. April 24 through May 22, 1863. The B&O Raid on Duffield Station. The B&O Raid on Duffield Station II. Early's Raid and operations against the B&O Railroad.

The Confederate leaders who led these operations and specifically targeted the railroad included. And many units under his command.

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early. And his "Black Horse" cavalry. And the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry. And the 8th Virginia Cavalry. McNeill's McNeill's Rangers.

Bases of operation involved in raiding the B&O Railroad. A steel and stone bridge was built across the Ohio River. In 1871, connecting the B&O to the Central Ohio Railroad.

Which the B&O had leased starting in 1866. This provided a direct rail connection to Columbus, Ohio. And the lease marked the beginning of a series of expansions to the west and north. Other railroads included in the B&O were. And Winchester and Strasburg Railroad from 1867.

This pair of lines connected with the B&O at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. And constituted the only significant B&O trackage in present-day Virginia. Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad leased through the Central Ohio in 1869. Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad from 1871.

This was the B&O entry into Pittsburgh, thwarting the denial of a Pennsylvania charter to the B&O. Somerset and Cambria Railroad from 1879. Originally a narrow gauge railroad.

It was converted to standard gauge and renamed the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line. West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad from 1890. Columbus and Cincinnati Midland Railroad leased through the Central Ohio in 1890. Monongahela River Railroad from 1900. This was initially renamed the Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore Railroad and then again to the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad in 1889.

The B&OSW absorbed the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. In 1893, giving the B&O a connection to St. And finally the B&OSW disappeared into the rest of the system in 1900. Blockade of engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia. Ohio River Railroad from 1901.

Pittsburgh Junction Railroad from 1902. This was originally a narrow gauge system. It formed the main B&O line west from Pittsburgh.

The line passed the Mars Train Station. Cleveland Terminal and Vally Railroad from 1909.

This was the B&O's entry into Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad from 1909.

Chicago Terminal Transfer Company, reorganized in 1910 as the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad. This switching line was always operated as a separate company.

Salisbury Railroad near Pittsburgh, operated from 1912. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. Morgan and Kingwood Railroad from 1922. Coal and Coke Railroad from 1920. Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad. This was originally part of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, and gave the B&O a connection to Springfield, Illinois. Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. This gave the B&O a line into New York state. Part of the line was severed from the rest of the system by flooding, and became part of the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad. This list omits certain short lines. The Chicago and Alton Railroad. It was always operated separately and was eventually bought by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. As a result of poor national economic conditions in the mid-1870s following the Panic of 1873.

The B&O attempted to reduce its workers' wages. After a second reduction in wages was announced in the same year, workers began the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. On July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

The strike spread to Cumberland. And when the governor of Maryland on July 20 attempted to put down the strike by sending the state militia from Baltimore, riots broke out. Resulting in 11 deaths, the burning of parts of Camden station, and damage to several engines and cars. The next day workers in Pittsburgh.

That was also met with an assault by the state militia; Pittsburgh then erupted into widespread rioting. The strike ended after federal troops and state militias restored order.

B&O route map of 1891. In 1866 the B&O began constructing the Metropolitan Branch.

West out of Washington, and was completed in 1873 after years of erratic effort. Before this line was laid, rail traffic west of Washington had to travel first to Relay or Baltimore before joining the main line.

The line cut a more or less straight line from Washington to Point of Rocks, Maryland. With many grades and large bridges. Upon the opening of this line, through passenger traffic was rerouted through Washington, and the Old Main Line from Point of Rocks to Relay was reduced to secondary status as far as passenger service was concerned.

Section of the Met Branch was double-tracked during 1886? Rebuilding in the early 20th century and complete double tracking of the branch by 1928 increased capacity; the "branches" became the de facto mainline, though the Old Main Line was retained as a relief route. (PRR) outmaneuvered the B&O to acquire the B&O's northern connection, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. In the early 1880s, cutting off the B&O's access to Philadelphia. The state of Maryland had stayed true to its implicit promise not to grant competing charters for the Baltimore/Washington line, but when a charter was granted in 1860 to build a line from Baltimore to Pope's Creek.

In southern Maryland, lawyers for the Pennsylvania RR picked up on a clause in the unfulfilled charter allowing branches up to 20 miles (32 km) long, from any point and in any direction. The projected route, passing through what is now Bowie, Maryland.

Could have a "branch" constructed that would allow service into Washington. The Pennsylvania picked up the charter through the agency of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. And in 1872 service between Baltimore and Washington began.

See Pope's Creek Subdivision. At the same time the PRR outmaneuvered the B&O and took control of the Long Bridge. The B&O's connection to southern lines. B&O headquarters building on North Charles Street.

In response, the B&O chartered the Philadelphia Branch. In Maryland and the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad. In Delaware and Pennsylvania and built a parallel route, finished in 1886.

Opened in 1895, connected the main line to the Philadelphia Branch without the need for a car ferry. Across the Patapsco River, but the cost of constructing the Howard Street Tunnel.

Drove the B&O to bankruptcy in 1896. Two other lines were built in attempts to reconnect to the south.

The Alexandria Branch now called the Alexandria Extension. Was built in 1874, starting from Hyattsville, Maryland.

And ending at a ferry operation at Shepherd's Landing. The ferry operation continued until 1901 when the trackage rights agreement concluded as part of the construction of Washington Union Station.

Saw the south end of the branch realigned to link to the PRR trackage in Anacostia, across the Anacostia Railroad Bridge. Into the Virginia Avenue Tunnel. The Alexandria Branch trackage to Shepherd's Landing was heavily used during World War II.

When traffic congestion on the Long Bridge. To construct a bridge along the original plan of the B&O: Alexandria to Shepherd's Landing, Washington. Were routed north and south over the structure, which was demolished after the end of World War II.

Before either connection was made, however, another branch was built around the west side of Washington. During the 1880s the B&O had organised a group of bankrupt railroads in Virginia. Into the Virginia Midland Railroad. The VM track ran from Alexandria.

The line projected west across the Potomac River was intended to cross the Potomac just north of the D. Line, to continue southwest to a connection with the B&O-controlled Virginia Midland (VM) in Fairfax. To distinguish it from what was Fairfax Court House.

And is now the City of Fairfax, Virginia. , and if possible to a connection with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. The branch was started in 1892 and reached Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Financial problems in both the VM and B&O forced a halt to construction and led to the B&O's loss of control of the VM. Following bankruptcy, and control by the Pennsylvania Railroad, by the time the line was completed in 1910 there was no longer any point to the river crossing. Thus, the renamed Georgetown Branch.

Came to serve a wide range of customers in Maryland and in Georgetown. Such as the Potomac Electric Power Company. The line cut directly across various creeks, and includes what was said to be the longest wood trestle.

On the railroad over Rock Creek. And a short tunnel, Dalecarlia Tunnel. The line was almost completely abandoned in 1986 by CSX and is presently used in part as the right-of-way for the Capital Crescent Trail. After a flood damaged the C&O Canal in 1877, the B&O acquired a majority interest in the canal mainly to keep its property and right of way from potential use by the Western Maryland Railroad. The canal was operated by the B&O until 1924 when it was damaged in another flood. The canal's property was later transferred to the U. Government in 1938 in consideration for obtaining a loan from the federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

In 1895 the B&O introduced electric locomotives. Over 3.75 mi (6.04 km) of line near Camden, initially using an overhead electric slot system. Replacement of retaining wall of B&O in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh. Following its emergence from bankruptcy, control of the B&O was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1901. A rising young PRR Vice President, Leonor F.

Loree shared the Pennsy management's belief in infrastructure and the B&O at that time needed some of that. New classes of engines were built to haul longer, heavier trains faster. Was reworked, sections of the original right-of-way cut off by the straightening of curves and replacement of old, weight-restricted bridges with newer, heavier bridges. Most of Loree's work on the B&O physical plant remains evident today.

Many iron and steel bridges on the railroad were replaced with stone Pennsy preferred stone to the preference of the Reading. The railroad's passenger numbers were at a disadvantage with the railroad's major competitor in the northeast, the Pennsylvania Railroad.

That railroad had a tunnel into Manhattan, thus carrying passengers into New York City. The B&O had no tunnel rights, and its New York City market trains actually terminated at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal.

From Philadelphia to Jersey City the B&O traveled over Reading Railroad. And Central Railroad of New Jersey. Suffering from the weaker market position from Baltimore to New York, the B&O discontinuing all passenger service north of Baltimore on April 26, 1958. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Took financial control of the B&O in 1963. The B&O already had a controlling interest in the Western Maryland Railway. In 1973 the three railroads were brought together under one corporate identity, the Chessie System. Although they continued to operate as separate railroads. The Western Maryland was merged into the B&O in 1976. In 1980 the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, a holding company that owned the Seaboard Coast Line.

Agreed to form CSX Corporation. SCL Industries was renamed the Seaboard System Railroad. (SBD) in 1983, the same year that the Western Maryland Railway. Was completely absorbed into the B&O.

SBD was renamed CSX Transportation. On April 30, 1987, the B&O's corporate existence ended when it was absorbed into the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Which merged into CSX Transportation on August 31 of that year. In railroading's golden age the B&O was one of several trunk lines uniting the northeast quadrant of the United States into an industrial zone.

It was the southern border as the New York Central. The Pennsylvania Railroad controlled the center, and smaller roads like the Lackawanna. Survived largely through the Interstate Commerce Commission.

The corners of this map are Baltimore in the southeast, Boston. In the northwest, and St. The Columbian on Thomas Viaduct.

The Mount Airy Branch is the surviving, in-use portion of the 1839-opened Mount Airy Loop. The Loop had been mainline track on the Old Main Line. Until superseded by the Mount Airy Cutoff and Tunnel in 1902. Was built from Frederick Junction, on the Old Main Line, to downtown Frederick.

The 3.5 mile (5.6 km) branch opened on December 1, 1831. In planning the route of the Old Main Line, the B&O decided against building the main line directly through Frederick, preferring instead to take advantage of a valley grade. To the south of the city.

The continuation of the main line from Frederick Junction opened April 2, 1832. To the Old Main Line at Point of Rocks.

Constructed between 1866 and 1873, and originally single-tracked. Now called the Metropolitan Subdivision.

Branch was constructed in the 1880s and split off from the Washington Branch at Savage, Maryland. To serve a mill, a quarry, and other small industry. After 1925, the line was gradually cut back, and disconnected completely in 2005. Ran from a junction on the Metropolitan Branch north of the Silver Spring, Maryland.

Built between 1892 and 1910. Originally intended as an extension of the railroad to a crossing of the Potomac River. The agreement between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the B&O resulting from the rerouting of track for the Washington Union Station.

Project put an end to the crossing, and the branch settled down to being just a country railroad until the Washington, D. Suburbs grew around it Silver Spring, Chevy Chase. The branch was abandoned in 1986, and much of the right-of-way is now used by the Capital Crescent Trail. Was once a train station.

It is next to a still active part of the B&O and focuses on the part the railroad played in the American Civil War. Original name for the line built between Baltimore and Washington, D. Now called the Capital Subdivision. (originally the Alexandria Branch) was built from Hyattsville. On the Washington Branch in 1874, ending at Shepherd's Landing.

Now connects to the Anacostia Railroad Bridge. Toward Virginia, serving as a bypass around Washington Union Station. The B&O had decided against a direct line to Hagerstown.

Though the city had petitioned the Directors. Several north-south routes like the Cumberland Valley. Built through Hagerstown and the construction of the Western Maryland Railway. To that city persuaded the B&O management to build a branch. It was decided that the branch would leave the mainline at Weverton. And wind its way through the hills of Western Maryland to Hagerstown. A station was constructed at the stub end of the line in downtown Hagerstown. Baltimore & New York Railroad. On the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In Union County, New Jersey.

New York to give the B&O access to its own deepwater port and ferry terminal. The line no longer runs between Union Avenue and St George on Staten Island. Many attempts have been made to restore it for passenger service, but have hit political, financial, or legal barriers. See entry on Staten Island Railway. More history is at this page.

The Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad (M&C), later absorbed into the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Southwest, included a stretch of track called the Ohio & Mississippi (O&M) that stretched westward from Cincinnati to East St. The O&M featured two branches, one south from North Vernon, Indiana to Jeffersonville (Indiana) opposite of Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River.

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