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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
C&O 2
C&O/B&O/WM 1

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, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → abbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O
Chessie System → abbreviation → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O/B&O/WM
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad → mergedInto → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → parentCompanyOf → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
CSX Transportation → predecessor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → predecessor → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → usedReportingMarks → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&O