Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

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railroad company railroad line

The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was a major Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic rail system that formed a key part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s network, linking important industrial cities across the region.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway 1
P. C. C. & St. L. 1
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
railroad line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PCC&StL ⓘ
Panhandle Route ⓘ
becamePartOf Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
carriedCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
steel products ⓘ
connectedTo Pennsylvania Railroad lines to the East Coast ⓘ
Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad main line at Pittsburgh
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedByMergerOf Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway

Pan Handle Railway ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway

other predecessor lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad system ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
linkedIndustrialRegion Chicago industrial region ⓘ
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Ohio River Valley

Pittsburgh region ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh industrial district

St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis industrial region
notableRouteFeature Ohio River crossing at Steubenville ⓘ
Panhandle Bridge at Pittsburgh ⓘ
operatedInRegion Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic

Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Midwest
parentCompany Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
partOf Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
primaryFunction freight transportation ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ
roleInNetwork major western subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
servedCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cincinnati ⓘ
Columbus, Ohio ⓘ
Dennison, Ohio ⓘ
East St. Louis, Illinois ⓘ
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh

Richmond, Indiana ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis

Steubenville, Ohio ⓘ
Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
status defunct as an independent company ⓘ
successorLine CSX Transportation ⓘ
surface form: CSX Transportation (on some segments)

Conrail ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
surface form: Norfolk Southern Railway (on some segments)
trackConfiguration double-track main line (on major segments) ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

PCC&StL → abbreviation → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: P. C. C. & St. L.
Panhandle Route → associatedWith → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Pan Handle Railway → becamePartOf → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad system
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad → formedByMergerOf → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad → formedByMergerOf → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
PCC&StL → fullName → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
Panhandle Route → operatedBy → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Company → owned → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
PRR → ownedSubsidiary → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pan Handle Railway → partOf → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
Dennison, Ohio → railroadServedBy → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
Pan Handle Railway → successor → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ