Wabash Railroad

The Wabash Railroad (reporting mark WAB) was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; Detroit, Michigan; Buffalo, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; and Toledo, Ohio.

The Wabash's major freight traffic advantage was the direct line from Kansas City to Detroit, without going through St. Louis or Chicago. Despite being merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1964, the Wabash company continued to exist on paper until the N&W merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in 1982.

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The Wabash Railroad (reporting mark WAB) was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; Detroit, Michigan; Buffalo, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; and Toledo, Ohio.

The Wabash's major freight traffic advantage was the direct line from Kansas City to Detroit, without going through St. Louis or Chicago. Despite being merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1964, the Wabash company continued to exist on paper until the N&W merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in 1982.

The Wabash Railroad resulted from numerous mergers or acquisitions as shown by this table:

• Norfolk Southern Railway (1982)
• Norfolk and Western Railway (1964)
• Wabash Railroad (1941)
• Wabash Railway (1931)
• Wabash Railroad (1889)
• Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (1904–1908) later Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
• Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
• Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway (1879)
• Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railway (1877)
• Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway
• Great Western Railway of Illinois 1865
• Sangamon and Morgan Railroad 1853
• Northern Cross Railway 1847
• Illinois and Southern Iowa Railroad 1865
• Quincy and Toledo Railroad 1865
• Toledo and Wabash Railway 1865
• Wabash and Western Railroad 1958
• Toledo and Wabash Railroad 1858
• Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad 1858
• Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad 1856
• Toledo and Illinois Railroad 1856
• Warsaw and Peoria Railroad 1865

Subject ID: 42774

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