Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

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defunct railroad company railway company

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a major American railroad best known for hauling Appalachian coal and operating key routes through the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest before becoming part of the modern CSX rail system.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway canonical 31
C&O 4
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway network 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
abbreviation Chesapeake and Ohio Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C&O
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedByMergerOf Covington and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Virginia Central Railroad ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
industry rail transport ⓘ
knownFor hauling Appalachian coal ⓘ
key Mid-Atlantic and Midwest routes ⓘ
laterPartOf CSX Transportation ⓘ
logoFeature Chessie the cat ⓘ
mergedInto Chessie System ⓘ
namedAfter Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain Fast Flying Virginian ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Sportsman ⓘ
notableRoute Hinton–Thurmond–Handley coal route ⓘ
Huntington–Cincinnati main line ⓘ
Huntington–Cincinnati main line ⓘ
surface form: Huntington–Columbus main line

Newport News–Richmond–Charlottesville–Clifton Forge main line ⓘ
operatedInState District of Columbia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
operatedPassengerServiceBetween Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
parentCompany Chessie System ⓘ
primaryCargo coal ⓘ
primaryCommodity bituminous coal ⓘ
primaryRegionServed Appalachia ⓘ
servedCoalFields eastern Kentucky coalfields ⓘ
southern West Virginia coalfields ⓘ
Southwestern Virginia ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Virginia coalfields
servedPort Hampton Roads ⓘ
Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
servedRegion Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States

Midwestern United States ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
surface form: CSX Corporation

CSX Transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

CSX Transportation → predecessor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad → mergedInto → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → parentCompanyOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → abbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O/B&O/WM
Chessie System → predecessor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → usedReportingMarks → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → abbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O
USRA standard steam locomotive designs → usedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → usedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Lima Locomotive Works → majorCustomer → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad → operatesOnFormerLineOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (segments)
Rockfish Gap, Virginia → traversedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway main line (historical)
Collis P. Huntington → employer → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Van Sweringen brothers → owned → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie the cat → associatedWith → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Huntington–Cincinnati main line → operator → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Huntington–Cincinnati main line → partOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway network
Huntington–Cincinnati main line → owner → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Hinton–Thurmond–Handley coal route → partOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Hinton–Thurmond–Handley coal route → operatedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Hinton–Thurmond–Handley coal route → railwayCompany → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Virginia Central Railroad → predecessorOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Virginia Central Railroad → successor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Covington and Ohio Railroad → becamePartOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Covington and Ohio Railroad → successor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Covington and Ohio Railroad → mergedInto → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Covington and Ohio Railroad → hasSuccessorOrganization → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Fast Flying Virginian → operator → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Fast Flying Virginian → railwayCompany → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Fast Flying Virginian → operatorAbbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O
Fast Flying Virginian → railwayNetwork → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway network
Fast Flying Virginian → category → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway passenger trains
Sportsman → operator → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Sportsman → railwayCompany → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Sportsman → railNetwork → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway network
Sportsman → operatorAbbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O
Virginian Railway → connectedTo → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Hinton Historic District → associatedWith → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Amtrak Cardinal → operatorPredecessor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
The Greenbrier → previouslyOwnedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Charlottesville station → formerService → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Talcott, West Virginia → servedByRailway → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Rockfish Gap → traversedBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (historical alignment nearby)