Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

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common carrier railroad railroad company

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the earliest and most influential American railroads, playing a key role in the development of U.S. transportation and commerce in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad main line 2
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (historically) 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad commuter service 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf common carrier railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
appearsIn Monopoly board game as a railroad property ⓘ
becamePartOf Chessie System ⓘ
builtInfrastructure B&O Railroad Museum complex in Baltimore (original shops and facilities) ⓘ
ceasedIndependentOperations 20th century ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
earlyRoute Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills, Maryland ⓘ
extendedTo Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ
Wheeling, West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia)
founders Baltimore merchants ⓘ
Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: City of Baltimore

Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
foundingDate February 28, 1827 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasHeritageSite B&O Railroad Museum ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
historicalLocomotive Tom Thumb ⓘ
inception 1827 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
introducedService Amtrak Capitol Limited ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Limited passenger train

National Limited passenger train ⓘ
Royal Blue passenger train ⓘ
laterUsedTechnology diesel locomotives ⓘ
mergedInto Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
nickname B&O Warehouse ⓘ
surface form: B&O
notableFor being one of the first common carrier railroads in the United States ⓘ
being the first U.S. railroad to offer scheduled freight and passenger service ⓘ
pioneering early American railroad technology ⓘ
openedFirstSection 1830 ⓘ
operated commuter services in the Baltimore–Washington area ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
peakEra early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
playedRoleIn American Civil War logistics ⓘ
development of U.S. transportation infrastructure ⓘ
expansion of American commerce in the 19th century ⓘ
purpose to provide rail transportation from Baltimore to the Ohio River ⓘ
reachedOhioRiver 1852 ⓘ
servedCity Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York

Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servedRegion Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States

Midwestern United States ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
TomThumbNotableFor first American-built steam locomotive to run on a common carrier railroad ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
usedTechnology steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Point of Rocks station → builtFor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Cumberland Valley Railroad → connectsWith → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Johns Hopkins → employer → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Brunswick station → formerOperator → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Martinsburg station → formerRailwayLine → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad main line
Monocacy National Battlefield area → hasPart → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Monocacy National Battlefield
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks
Brunswick Line → historicalRouteOf → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
New York Central Railroad → majorCompetitor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
PRR → majorCompetitor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Maryland Railway → mergedInto → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops → ownedBy → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Chessie System → parentCompanyOf → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops → partOf → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system
CSX Transportation → predecessor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Chessie System → predecessor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
MARC Brunswick Line → predecessor → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad commuter service
Harpers Ferry station → railwayLine → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad main line
Martinsburg station → railwayLine → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia → servedByRailroad → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → servedByRailway → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (historically)