The Ohio and Mississippi Railway (earlier the Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road), abbreviated O&M, was a railroad operating between Cincinnati, Ohio, and East St. Louis, Illinois, from 1857 to 1893.
Map
Share of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, issued 31 march 1887The former O&M line in Osgood, Indiana.
On September 17, 1861, during the American Civil War a train carrying union troops fell through a sabotaged bridge at Huron, Indiana, injuring or killing 100.
On October 6, 1866, the Adams Express Company car was robbed by the Reno Gang just east of Seymour, Indiana, becoming the first train robbery in U.S. history. The insolvent Ohio and Mississippi Railroad was reorganized in 1867 as the Ohio and Mississippi Railway.
When originally built the Ohio & Mississippi was built to the six foot (6’) broad “Erie Gauge.” For a time a connection with a dual gauge section of the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton (CH&D), Atlantic Great Western (AGW) and the Erie Railway allowed travel on the Great Broad Route of Erie Gauge from St. Louis to New York City.[2][3] In one day in 1871, Sunday, July 23, 1871, 400 miles of the Ohio & Mississippi was converted to standard gauge.[4]
The line came under the influence and later control of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and combined with the former Marietta & Cincinnati connecting to the B&O at Parkersburg, West Virginia formed a continuous line between St. Louis and the east coast at Baltimore and Washington, DC. For many years, one of B&O’s premier trains, the National Limited, traveled this route.[5]
^Goss, Rev. Charles Frederick (1912). Cincinnati: The Queen City. Cincinnati: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 186–187.
^Reynolds, William, Peter K. Gifford, and Robert D. Ilisevich. European Capital, British Iron, and an American Dream: The Story of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad (The University of Akron Press, 2002).
^Charles Frederick Carter,"Vagaries of Railroad Evolution: The Riddle of the Gauge." 1928, Lecture delivered to New York Athletic Club.
^Harry Stegmaier, Route of the National Limited (Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, 1945-1971, Vol 1) 1997
Further readingedit
Haslett, Charles (September 1855). Hackley, Charles W. (ed.). The Mechanic's, Machinist's, Engineer's Practical Book of Reference: Containing tables and formulæ for use in superficial and solid mensuration; strength and weight of materials; mechanics; machinery; hydraulics, hydrodynamics; marine engines, chemistry; and miscellaneous recipes. Adapted to and for the use of all classes of practical mechanics. Together with the Engineer's Field Book: Containing formulæ for the various of running and changing lines, locating side tracks and switches, &c., &c. Tables of radii and their logarithms, natural and logarithmic versed sines and external secants, natural sines and tangents to every degree and minute of the quadrant, and logarithms from the natural numbers from 1 to 10,000. New York, USA: James G. Gregory, successor of W. A. Townsend & Co. (Stringer & Townsend). Retrieved 2017-08-13. […] Still there would be much labor of computation which may be saved by the use of tables of external secants and versed sines, which have been employed with great success recently by the Engineers on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and which, with the formulas and rules necessary for their application to the laying down of curves, drawn up by Mr. Haslett, one of the Engineers of that Road, are now for the first time given to the public. […] 1856 edition
The Rebellion the United States by Jennett Blakeslee Frost - 1862
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-5, "Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, Repair Shops, Van Trees & Seventeenth Streets, Washington, Daviess County, IN", 34 photos, 7 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
October 27, 2023
ohio, mississippi, railway, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ohio and Mississippi Railway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Ohio and Mississippi Railway earlier the Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road abbreviated O amp M was a railroad operating between Cincinnati Ohio and East St Louis Illinois from 1857 to 1893 Map Share of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company issued 31 march 1887The former O amp M line in Osgood Indiana The railroad started in 1854 and paralleled the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Its East St Louis terminal near the Mississippi River was completed in 1857 It was a founding rail line of the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis General Ormsby M Mitchel d 1862 was a civil engineer on this project 1 On September 17 1861 during the American Civil War a train carrying union troops fell through a sabotaged bridge at Huron Indiana injuring or killing 100 On October 6 1866 the Adams Express Company car was robbed by the Reno Gang just east of Seymour Indiana becoming the first train robbery in U S history The insolvent Ohio and Mississippi Railroad was reorganized in 1867 as the Ohio and Mississippi Railway When originally built the Ohio amp Mississippi was built to the six foot 6 broad Erie Gauge For a time a connection with a dual gauge section of the Cincinnati Hamilton amp Dayton CH amp D Atlantic Great Western AGW and the Erie Railway allowed travel on the Great Broad Route of Erie Gauge from St Louis to New York City 2 3 In one day in 1871 Sunday July 23 1871 400 miles of the Ohio amp Mississippi was converted to standard gauge 4 The line came under the influence and later control of the Baltimore amp Ohio Railroad and combined with the former Marietta amp Cincinnati connecting to the B amp O at Parkersburg West Virginia formed a continuous line between St Louis and the east coast at Baltimore and Washington DC For many years one of B amp O s premier trains the National Limited traveled this route 5 It merged in 1893 with the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway and is now part of CSX Transportation s Indiana Subdivision and Illinois Subdivision References edit Goss Rev Charles Frederick 1912 Cincinnati The Queen City Cincinnati The S J Clarke Publishing Company pp 186 187 Reynolds William Peter K Gifford and Robert D Ilisevich European Capital British Iron and an American Dream The Story of the Atlantic amp Great Western Railroad The University of Akron Press 2002 See Erie s Narrow Gauge Cincinnati Commercial Jan 4 1879 Charles Frederick Carter Vagaries of Railroad Evolution The Riddle of the Gauge 1928 Lecture delivered to New York Athletic Club Harry Stegmaier Route of the National Limited Baltimore amp Ohio Passenger Service 1945 1971 Vol 1 1997Further reading editHaslett Charles September 1855 Hackley Charles W ed The Mechanic s Machinist s Engineer s Practical Book of Reference Containing tables and formulae for use in superficial and solid mensuration strength and weight of materials mechanics machinery hydraulics hydrodynamics marine engines chemistry and miscellaneous recipes Adapted to and for the use of all classes of practical mechanics Together with the Engineer s Field Book Containing formulae for the various of running and changing lines locating side tracks and switches amp c amp c Tables of radii and their logarithms natural and logarithmic versed sines and external secants natural sines and tangents to every degree and minute of the quadrant and logarithms from the natural numbers from 1 to 10 000 New York USA James G Gregory successor of W A Townsend amp Co Stringer amp Townsend Retrieved 2017 08 13 Still there would be much labor of computation which may be saved by the use of tables of external secants and versed sines which have been employed with great success recently by the Engineers on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad and which with the formulas and rules necessary for their application to the laying down of curves drawn up by Mr Haslett one of the Engineers of that Road are now for the first time given to the public 1856 editionExternal links edit nbsp Railways portalOhiohistorycentral org The Rebellion the United States by Jennett Blakeslee Frost 1862 Historic American Engineering Record HAER No IN 5 Ohio amp Mississippi Railroad Repair Shops Van Trees amp Seventeenth Streets Washington Daviess County IN 34 photos 7 data pages 2 photo caption pages Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ohio and Mississippi Railway amp oldid 1181991354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
