The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway was formed on September 30, 1890 by the merger of the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, the Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad and the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. Commonly called the Pan Handle Route, it was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Its main line began at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and continued west to Bradford, Ohio, where it split into a northern line to Chicago and a southern one through Indianapolis, Indiana, to East St. Louis, Illinois. On December 21, 1916 it merged with the Vandalia Railroad and several other companies to form a successor company of the same name styled a Railroad, effective January 1, 1917. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the company on January 1, 1921, and it was merged into the Pennsylvania's Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad on April 2, 1956.
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Source Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Wikipedia)Lead, main lineQuote, Lead, main line
which began at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
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History, 1890 merger
to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (PCC&StL)
History, 1956 merger
finally was merged into the PRR's Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad on April 2, 1956
Lead, main line
which began at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
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was a railroad that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
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was a railroad that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
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was a railroad that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
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The Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad was part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway system
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