Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Railroad in the Midwestern US (1889–1930) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Big Four RR" redirects here. For other rail, see Big Four (disambiguation).
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system.
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Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Locale | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio |
Dates of operation | 1889–1930 |
Successor | New York Central |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported 2,391 route-miles and 4,608 track-miles; that year it carried 8180 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 488 million passenger-miles.