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Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.

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 #30600  by BlockLine_4111
 
Back in the day how much clout did the following RR's have in OHIO.

1. EL
2. PC
3. N&W
4. Chessie System
5. other railroads
 #30608  by chessie8212
 
The PC had a boatload of trackage throughout Ohio. Since they acquired all of the NYC/PRR trackage all over the state they criss-crossed lines all over the state. Some places, such as Crestline, Toledo, and Cleveland had multiple PC mainlines. I have an employee timetable for the PC's Lake Region and it has pages and pages of track maps/timetables/track charts.

 #41422  by emtboo
 
The Erie Lackawanna was mostly a bridge route in Ohio. They only had the Cleveland to Youngstown, Marion to Dayton branch lines. They did have a good business base in Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland docks, Ashland, Mansfield, Lima and their major yard in Marion but compared to the other RR's you listed, they were the little guy, but they were preferred above the others for High/Wide movements and fast Trailer Trains from Chicago to East Coast.