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Site Notes
04/19/13
More updates to the map are posted. This set includes everything from map 42 on up, showing Hamilton, Mason, Lebanon, and Wilmington. I was able to better detail the routes of the C&LE and Cincinnati & Hamilton interurbans in Hamilton, as well as fleshing out the details in other areas.
12/01/12
I have posted new pictures to three of the galleries. First is the CL&N which now includes pictures of the tunnels in Walnut Hills. I also updated several of the captions throughout. I have also posted pictures of exposed streetcar tracks on Erie Avenue in Hyde Park from the recent repaving. Finally, I have added several new photos to the CG&P gallery from the Cincinnati Water Works plant in California, showing the existing tracks near the old pump station, as well as some shots from inside. I have also added a link below to Cincinnati Triple Steam, a volunteer effort to preserve, share, and show off the Water Works' original 1,400 ton, 104 feet high triple expansion crank and flywheel water pumping steam engines, which are the largest ever built. These engines operated from 1906-1963 and were brought directly into the pump house in pieces by the CG&P. Thanks to Lee Hite of Cincinnati Triple Steam for the tour of the facility.
11/18/12
More updates to the map are posted. This set includes everything from map 53 on up, which is basically everything from the Hamilton/Butler County line south.
10/20/12
I have added a few photos to the L&N Wilder Main gallery that show some fantastic views of the original Newport & Cincinnati Bridge. I also updated the CG&P history a bit to clarify the situation with city cars and the California branch, especially as it relates to abandonment of city service and the elimination of broad gauge trackage.
09/29/12
It's been a long time in coming, but I'm finally able to post updated map segments with new TIGER basemap data from 2010. Ultimately this will mean updated roads, railroads, and rivers for everything outside Hamilton County. The TIGER data is not nearly as detailed as the CAGIS data for Hamilton County, but it's a lot better than what I had for these areas before. I've had trouble rectifying the TIGER and CAGIS maps because they use different projection systems. Previously I had to tweak all the surrounding counties to try to get it to mesh with the Hamilton County data. I've resolved that now, but it means I have to redraw all of my additions to the map outside Hamilton County. This includes all the abandoned railroads, interurbans, and the streetcar lines in Dayton, among a few other things. It'll be worth it in the long run however, as the new base maps, even if they're a bit jagged in places, are a lot more accurate than the year 2000 TIGER data. Below is a comparison of the I-275 and OH-32/Eastgate Blvd. interchange. The old TIGER data for Clermont County was quite bad, and the new data is excellent. Not every county is quite as detailed as the new Clermont County but this is a good illustration of the improvements.
Now since I have a lot of redrawing and adjusting to do, it's going to take a while for me to get everything finished, so I'll be posting updates to only a few map segments at a time. The current updates include all of the Hamilton County segments of the map (with only minor tweaks as I had to re-scale and rotate it slightly), and the adjoining portions of all the surrounding counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The specific segments which have been updated are maps 55-59, 68-72, and 81-85. Notable updates include a much more accurate depiction of the route of the C&E's New Richmond branch, thanks to Clermont County's online GIS system that shows the cuts and fills very clearly. I was able to do the same for the route of the Cincinnati Western through Butler County for the same reason in the past. I marked out the C&O Stevens Yard in Silver Grove and the L&N Decoursey Yard in Taylor Mill too. Of course all the streetcar lines in Northern Kentucky have been tweaked to fit the new map as well, which makes that a lot more clear than it was before.
About this Site
Background
The growth and development of cities throughout the world is profoundly influenced by the available modes of transportation at the time. Until the 19th Century, walking was the only way to get around town. Horses and carriages were generally only used for traveling between cities or by the wealthy. For the vast majority of folks, walking was their main mode of travel on a daily basis. Regardless of the time and the method of transit, on average people don't want to commute more than about 30 minutes. This limited the size of the walking city to about two miles across. The historical center of most European cities, as well as many east coast cities in the United States, were first developed in this walking age. The centers of London, Paris, New York, Boston, and Charleston all grew in this time. It wasn't until the introduction of the railroads that things started to change.
At first, railroads didn't affect the size of cities much. They linked the city with the countryside, spurring the growth of many country towns where farmers brought their produce to be shipped to the city by train. Here in Ohio, any town with a population over 5,000 had a railroad connection of some sort. Towns such as Loveland, Montgomery, Springdale, Sharonville, and Newtown started in this way. In the big cities though, the change was increasing industrialization of certain areas of the city where the railroads had their yards and other support facilities. With the exception of some wealthy railroad commuter suburbs like Glendale, Wyoming, and 19th century Norwood, most people still had to live within walking distance of work and their everyday needs, as the railroad was too expensive to use on a daily basis.
Although the railroads didn't start to change the growth pattern of cities significantly in themselves, some of their spin off technologies did. The development of steel rails and steam engines allowed for the construction of horsecar and cable car lines, as well as Cincinnati's famous inclines. These allowed more than just the very wealthy, who could afford to take a horse and carriage from neighborhoods like Clifton or East Walnut Hills to downtown, to start moving farther away from the increasingly crowded and polluted central city. It wasn't until the development of reliable electric traction motors that the spreading out of cities began in earnest.
In the late 1800's, slow and unreliable horsecar lines began converting to electric streetcars. While horsecar lines in some cities reached several miles from downtown, such as in Chicago, the topography of Cincinnati meant that they couldn't operate very effectively to the hilltop communities. Cable cars work great in hilly terrain like Cincinnati and San Francisco, and even Chicago had an extensive system, but they were still slow and prone to mechanical issues. Electric streetcars were much faster and more reliable, so except in a few rare cases they replaced all the horsecar and cable car lines that preceded them. The streetcar systems which developed allowed cities to grow from two miles across to nearly 10 miles. Just about every neighborhood within the boundaries of the City of Cincinnati, but outside of downtown, Over-the-Rhine, and the West End, grew during the streetcar's ascendancy.
At the same time, the interurbans took streetcar technology and applied it to longer-distance travel. They linked the city with the country much as the railroads had, but they provided more frequent and less expensive service. Unfortunately, just as quickly as the interurbans sprang up, they quickly disappeared due to competition from private automobiles and paved public highways. By the time of the Great Depression, most were gone. The streetcars hung on for another two decades, but most of them disappeared by the 1950's.
Today, all cities in the United States, and more and more around the world, are completely dependent on the automobile, and to a lesser extent the diesel bus. The many neighborhoods and towns that grew up around the streetcars, interurbans, and railroads in most cases no longer have the transportation that they were built around. They have to function in a car-oriented society, and while some have been able to survive, many of these older neighborhoods are dysfunctional in some respect if not completely failing. Few people today remember the streetcars, let alone the interurbans. Today's mainline railroads are seen more as an annoyance when a large freight train holds up traffic, and their role as the lifeblood of small towns and big cities is mostly forgotten. I hope by documenting as much of the history of these rail systems as I can, that more people will understand and appreciate the significant impact they had on the growth of not only Cincinnati, but nearly every city in the United States.
Other Resources
Many large cities around the country have web sites with information about former transit systems. It's not difficult to find maps, photos, detailed history, and commentary on the Chicago L, the New York Subway, or the Pacific Electric in Los Angeles. For smaller cities like Cincinnati, information can be pretty hard to come by. There are many very small systems in cities you wouldn't expect which are almost completely forgotten. The surface lines of Charleston, South Carolina aren't documented at all on the web, and the trolley line which connected Southern Pines with Pinehurst, North Carolina is a complete mystery. Aside from a few short descriptions, photos or maps are virtually nonexistent. This is something I am trying to supply, at least for Cincinnati.
Most of the information on Cincinnati's transit history is in books and journals, which are inaccessible on the internet. Wagner & Wright's Cincinnati Streetcars is an invaluable 10 volume collection that has numerous historical photographs, maps, diagrams, and general history. Most of the pictures have been redistributed around the internet. Much of the information, however, is not published on the web. Also, most of these volumes are out of print, and some can be rather difficult to find. The Cincinnati Historical Society Library in Union Terminal has all volumes, but they can't be checked out.
Information on the interurbans is spotty. George Hilton and John Due's The Electric Interurban Railways in America is an excellent book about the interurban industry. It has been recently republished and is readily available. However, aside from what I have quoted in the information section, there isn't much else in that book about the specific interurbans in Cincinnati. Some books have been published on individual interurbans, however. David McNeil has published books on the Cincinnati Georgetown & Portsmouth, Cincinnati & Columbus, the Cincinnati & Lake Erie, and the Cincinnati Milford & Blanchester. Some of them can be rather difficult to find. These are excellent resources, containing maps, pictures, history, news events, and numerous business records (especially for the CG&P). Nothing of much substance has been written specifically about the Cincinnati Lawrenceburg & Aurora, the Cincinnati & Hamilton, or the three Interurban Railway & Terminal lines as far as I can determine.
There is an excellent book about local railroads. The Railroad and the City by Carl Condit provides very useful information about the history of all Cincinnati's railroads, and how they've affected growth throughout the region. There is also some information on the interurbans. This book is over 25 years old now, so the latest railroad mergers by CSX and Norfolk Southern are not dealt with. It is still an excellent resource. Other railroads have been dealt with in some capacity by separate authors, such as the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern in John Hauck's book Narrow Gauge in Ohio, as well as the various Pennsylvania Railroad lines and some of the smaller narrow gauge systems. See the non-internet references at the bottom of this page for the full list.
The Map
The map on this site is something I put together from many drives around town, maps that I've seen in books, and information from other knowledgeable folks. Let me start by saying that this map does not represent the system as it would have appeared at any one point in time. It's more a map of where there have ever been streetcar, interurban, and railroad lines, as if you took all the maps ever made and overlaid them. The purpose behind this is for those of us who are curious about whether there are/were tracks buried under the road they're driving on, or if the trolley poles holding up the traffic lights were actually for streetcars, or if a berm in the woods might be an old right-of-way. I have tried to differentiate between active and abandoned railroads, but I cannot be certain that lines aren't abandoned or just infrequently used. Of course, all the interurbans and streetcars are gone. Other transit infrastructure such as tunnels, major viaducts, canals, and major passenger and freight stations have also been added. Most of that information has been gathered from 1912 USGS topographic maps. Therefore, some later changes may have been missed, but the overall pattern is certainly right. While I have tried to make everything as correct as possible, I cannot make any guarantees about accuracy.
Pictures
While exploring around town looking for information I took pictures of my on-site reconnaissance. There are hundreds of photos from all over the area, most starting around the year 2001. A few pictures depict scenes that have already changed, removing traces of transit history that were once obvious. While most railroad aficionados take pictures of locomotives and other train movements, my focus is on rights-of-way, and other examples of the physical plant. These are the things that most people see, but tend to ignore. What may be the obvious remains of a railroad line one day can be reduced to a mere memory after road construction or another building project. Someone could be living right on top of a line that was once an immensely important transit route for a community and not even know it. Photographs help bring to life some of the history that surrounds us.
I welcome any feedback, corrections, links, pictures, or questions you have, don't hesitate to e-mail me.
Map of Cincinnati's Streetcars, Interurbans, and Railroads
Click on the map to see a larger version and choose what area you want to zoom in on
Streetcars
- Information
Historical Information
- Cincinnati route data from 1925
- Photographs
Revealed Tracks
Routes and Rights of Way
- End of Line Loops
- Trolley Wire Support Poles
- Substations, Carbarns, and Shops
Interurban Railways & Suburban Railroads
General Information
CL&A - Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Street Railroad
Anderson Ferry - Aurora, IN, branch to Harrison
Standard gauge line constructed by the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Street Railroad in 1900
Abandoned and dismantled west of Fernbank in 1930 Remainder to Anderson Ferry purchased by the Cincinnati Street Railway, for suburban service until 1940
More Information
Photographs from Anderson Ferry to Harrison and Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati & Westwood Railroad
South Fairmount - Westwood
Narrow gauge line constructed by the Cincinnati & Westwood Railroad in1874
Converted to Standard Gauge, 1891
Abandoned in 1926
More Information
Photographs from South Fairmout to Westwood
C&LE - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad (College Hill Railroad, Ohio Electric Railway, Etc.)
Winton Place - Detroit, MI
Narrow gauge steam line constructed by the College Hill Railroad to Mt. Healthy in 1873
Converted to standard gauge and electrified in 1901-1902 after purchase by the Southern Ohio Traction Company
Merged into the Ohio Electric Railway and eventually reorganized as the Cincinnati & Lake Erie
Abandoned and dismantled in 1939
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Photographs from Spring Grove to Mt. Healthy
Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction Company (Ohio Traction Company, Mill Creek Valley Line)
Hartwell - Hamilton
Broad gauge line constructed by the Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction Company in 1901
Abandoned and dismantled north of Springdale in 1926, remainder purchased by Cincinnati Street Railway for suburban service until 1932
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Photographs from Hartwell to Springdale
IR&T - Interurban Railway & Terminal: Rapid Railway
Kennedy Heights - Lebanon
Broad gauge line constructed by the IR&T's Rapid Railway subsidiary in 1903
Abandoned and dismantled in 1922
More Information
Photographs from Pleasant Ridge to Lebanon
IR&T - Interurban Railway & Terminal: Suburban Traction Company
Columbia - Bethel
Broad gauge line constructed by the IR&T's Suburban Traction Company in 1903
Abandoned and dismantled north of Coney Island in 1918
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Photographs from California & Mt. Washington
IR&T - Interurban Railway & Terminal: Cincinnati & Eastern Electric Railway
Columbia - New Richmond
Broad gauge line constructed by the IR&T's Cincinnati & Eastern Electric Railway in 1902
Abandoned and dismantled in 1922
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Photographs from California
C&C - Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company (Hillsboro Short Line, Swing Line)
Norwood - Hillsboro
Standard gauge line constructed by the Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company in 1906
Abandoned and dismantled in 1920
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Photographs from Norwood to Hillsboro
CM&B - Cincinnati, Milford & Blanchester Traction Company (Cincinnati, Milford & Loveland Traction Company, Milford Line, Kroger Line)
Madisonville - Blanchester
Broad gauge line constructed by the Cincinnati, Milford & Loveland Traction Company in 1903
Reorganized as the Cincinnati, Milford & Blanchester Traction Company in 1918
Abandoned and dismantled east of Milford in 1926, remainder purchased by Cincinnati Street Railway for suburban service until cut back to Mariemont in 1936, and abandoned and dismantled completely in 1942
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Photographs from Madisonville to Blanchester
CG&P - Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad
Columbia - Georgetown, branches to California, Batavia, Russellville, and Felicity
Narrow gauge, steam line constructed by the Cincinnati & Portsmouth Railroad, 1876-1886
Renamed the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad, 1880
Converted to Standard Gauge & Electrified, 1902
Batavia, Russellville, and Felicity & Bethel branches completed, 1903-1906
Reorganized as the Cincinnati-Georgetown Railroad Co., 1927
Service cut back and eventually abandoned, remaining route between Carrell Street and the waterworks sold to the city, 1933-1936
City/waterworks use suspended, 1943
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Photographs from Columbia-Tusculum to Russellville
L&F - Lebanon & Franklin Traction Company
Lebanon-Franklin
Standard gauge line constructed by the Lebanon & Franklin Traction Company in 1904
Abandoned and dismantled in 1919
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Photographs from Lebanon to Franklin
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio/Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton - CSX, Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision
Former Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton/Baltimore & Ohio to Lima
Standard gauge line opened to Dayton in 1851
Downtown terminal: Baymiller Street Station (5th & Baymiller Streets)
Mostly abandoned south of Ivorydale (St. Bernard), in active use north of Ivorydale
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Photographs from Queensgate to Glendale
Baltimore & Ohio to Columbus - Indiana & Ohio, Midland Subdivision
Former Marietta & Cincinnati/Cincinnati Washington & Baltimore/Baltimore & Ohio to Columbus
Standard gauge line opened in stages from 1855 to 1864
Downtown terminal: Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue)
In active use
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Photographs from Downtown through Loveland
Baltimore & Ohio to Washington, IN - CSX, Louisville Division, Indiana Subdivision
Former Ohio & Mississippi/Baltimore & Ohio to Washington, IN
Broad gauge (6'-0") line opened in 1857, converted to standard gauge in 1871
Downtown terminal: Front & Mill Streets (Now Mehring Way & Gest Street), then Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue)
In use except downtown terminal areas
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- Photographs from Queensgate
Chesapeake & Ohio to Russell, KY - CSX, Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision
Former Chesapeake & Ohio to Russell, KY
Standard gauge line opened to Cincinnati in 1889
Downtown terminal: 4th Street Station (4th Street between Smith and John)
In active use
More Information
Photographs from Downtown & Queensgate
Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana - Indiana Eastern Railroad
Former Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana to Cottage Grove, IN
Standard gauge line opened in stages between 1902 and 1910
Downtown terminal: 8th & McLean, then Baymiller Street Station (5th & Baymiller), then 4th Street Station (4th Street between Smith and John)
Dismantled south of Fernald in 1979, in use north of Fernald
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Photographs from South Fairmount to Crosby Township
- Cincinnati & Dayton Short Line Railroad
Standard or dual standard/broad gauge railroad proposed between Cincinnati and Dayton in the mid 1850s via deep level Deer Creek Tunnel under Walnut Hills, never completed
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- Cincinnati Western Railroad
Standard gauge railroad graded between Cincinnati and Indiana in the mid 1850s, never completed
More Information
- Photographs from Mt. Airy Forest to Colerain Township
- Louisville & Nashville to Corbin, KY - CSX, Huntington West Division, CC Subdivision
Former Kentucky Central/Louisville & Nashville to Corbin, KY
Standard gauge line opened in the late 1850's
Downtown terminal: Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue) or 4th Street Station (4th Street between Smith and John)
In active use
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Louisville & Nashville LCL Subdivision - CSX, Louisville Division, LCL Subdivision
Former Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington/Louisville & Nashville LCL Subdivision (Short Line)
Standard gauge line opened in 1869
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
In use
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Louisville & Nashville, Wilder Main - CSX, Louisville Division, LCL Subdivision
Formerly part of the Louisville & Nashville LCL Subdivision (Short Line)
Standard gauge line opened in 1869
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
Dismantled north of former C&O line in Newport, KY
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Photographs from Newport, KY
New York Central/Big Four, CIND Subdivision - Indiana & Ohio, CIND Subdivision
Former Indianapolis & Cincinnati/CCC & St. L (Big Four)/New York Central to Indiana
Standard gauge line opened to Cincinnati in 1863
Downtown terminal: Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue)
In use except downtown terminal areas
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Photographs from Downtown & Cleves
New York Central/Big Four to Columbus - Norfolk Southern, Dayton District, Central Division
Former CCC & St. L (Big For)/New York Central to Columbus
Standard gauge line opened in 1872
Downtown terminal: Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue)
Line begins at Ivorydale (St. Bernard) and heads north via Sharonville, Middletown, and Dayton
In active use
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New York Central/Big Four, Whitewater Division - Indiana & Ohio, Brookville Subdivision
Former New York Central, Whitewater Division to New Castle, IN
Standard gauge line opened in 1862
Downtown terminal: Baymiller Street Station (5th & Baymiller Streets)
In limited local use, all track restricted to 10 mph or less
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Norfolk & Western to Portsmouth - Norfolk Southern, Cincinnati District, Lake Division (Peavine)
Former Cincinnati & Eastern/Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia/Norfolk & Western to Portsmouth
Narrow gauge (3'-0") line opened in stages between 1876 and 1882, converted to standard gauge in 1894
Downtown terminal: Court Street Station (E. Court & Reedy Streets)
In limited local use (no through traffic) east of Clare Yard, closed to all traffic west of Clare as of September 10, 2009
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Photographs from Norwood to Mariemont
Norfolk & Western, Cincinnati Connecting Belt Railroad
Former Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia/Norfolk & Western from Idlewild (Norwood) to Ivorydale (St. Bernard)
Standard gauge line opened in 1901
Mostly abandoned except a few connecting tracks near Ivorydale
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Photographs from Evanston through Norwood
Pennsylvania Railroad/Norfolk & Western to Ft. Wayne, IN - Norfolk Southern, Newcastle District
Former Eaton & Hamilton/Cincinnati, Richmond & Chicago/Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton/Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis/Pennsylvania/Norfolk & Western Railroad to Ft. Wayne, IN
Standard gauge line opened in 1853 between New Miami and Richmond Indiana, and in 1888 between Hamilton and Rendcomb Junction
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
In active use
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Pennsylvania Railroad Richmond Division - Indiana & Ohio, Oasis Subdivision
Former Cincinnati & Richmond/Pennsylvania Railroad - Richmond Division from Valley (Fairfax) to Mill (Evendale)
Standard gauge line opened in 1888
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
In limited use by Norfolk Southern (via trackage rights)
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Photographs from Rendcomb Jct. to Norwood
Pennsylvania Railroad/Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern - Indiana & Ohio, Blue Ash and Mason Subdivisions
Former Cincinnati Northern/Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern/Pennsylvania to Lebanon and Dayton
Narrow gauge (3'-0") line opened in 1881, converted to standard gauge in 1894
Downtown terminal: Court Street Station (E. Court & Reedy Streets)
Mostly abandoned except limited local use from Norwood to Fields Ertel, and Mason to Lebanon
More Information
Photographs from Downtown to Lebanon
Pennsylvania Railroad/Little Miami Railroad - Indiana & Ohio, Oasis Subdivision
Former Little Miami/Pan Handle/Pennsylvania Railroad to Springfield
Standard gauge line opened in stages from 1841 to 1847.
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
Mostly abandoned except limited local use from Fairfax to downtown
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Photographs from the Purple People Bridge through Xenia
Pennsylvania Railroad, Waterfront Belt Line
Former belt line built to connect the Little Miami and Indianapolis & Cincinnati along the Cincinnati waterfront
Standard gauge line opened in 1864
Abandoned in 1986 and dismantled west of Broadway Street in 2000
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Photographs from Queensgate to the Purple People Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad, Zanesville Branch
Former Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad from Morrow to Zanesville
Standard gauge line opened between 1853 and 1856
Downtown terminal: Pan Handle Station (Pearl & Butler Streets)
Dismantled between Morrow and Wilmington, in use east of Wilmington
More Information
Photographs from Morrow to Wilmington
Southern Railway - Norfolk Southern, Central Division, Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific 1st District
Cincinnati Southern Railway/CNO&TP
Broad gauge (5'-0") line opened to Chattanooga in 1880, converted to standard gauge in 1886
Downtown terminal: Central Union Depot (3rd Street & Central Avenue)
In active use
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Photographs from Queensgate to Ludlow Kentucky
Other Transit Photos
- Union Terminal
- Cincinnati Machine complex
- Inclines
- Subway
- Roads & Viaducts
- Street Lights, Poles, & Signals
- Miscellaneous
Links to Other Transportation Sites
(All links from here on open in a new window)
Cincinnati/Ohio Transportation Related Sites
- Abandoned "...a personal project aimed to document and record the abandoned and neglected buildings through text and photographs."
American Memory: Railroad Maps of Ohio A site with some high-quality scans of old railroad maps from the 19th century.
Cincinnati Dinner Train "The Cincinnati Dinner Train operates every Saturday throughout the year. Some of its features include dining for up to 108 people on two vintage dining cars. Also featured is the Queen City Tavern car with a full service cash bar, music, and two open side doors for viewing as we travel the city of Cincinnati."
Cincinnati Railroad Club "The club is a not-for-profit educational organization with an active membership of over 300. The members have a serious interest in railroads and Cincinnati area history."
Cincinnati Regional Transportation History Committee Timeline at Lane Library "The goal of the CRTHC is to compile a comprehensive history of transportation in the region since 1788."
Cincinnati-Transit.net A large and very thorough site "Dedicated to the history of and future plans for the city's transportation infrastructure."
Cincinnati Transit Historical Association "The CTHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving transit information, photographs, ephemera and memorabilia relating primarily to the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region."
Cincinnati Triple Steam a volunteer effort to preserve, share, and show off the Water Works' original 1,400 ton, 104 feet high triple expansion crank and flywheel water pumping steam engines.
Dave's Electric Railroads Numerous historical photos of streetcars and trolley buses from throughout the country.
- Cincinnati Street Railway
Cincinnati & Lake Erie
Ohio Electric Includes CG&P, CM&B, and the C&LE predecessor Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
- Dayton Trolley Transit History, maps, and pictures of Dayton's transit, with emphasis on the current trolleybus system.
David Rumsey Map Collection High quality scans of many old maps of the Cincinnati area
DuckCreek.org "Pre-Interstate Urban Archaeology, Duck Creek Road Cincinnati and Norwood, Ohio." This site has a ton of information and pictures of this road that has been mostly obliterated by I-71.
Hobo's Guide to the Pennsy "This page, and those below it, represent a community effort to document the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, including all of her branches and ancestor lines."
Historic Aerials "Provides free online access to historic and current aerial photography."
Kings Mills Trolley Station A description of Daniel Bingamon's home, which used to be the town's IR&T Rapid Railway station.
Lebanon Railroads This blog focuses on the historic and present day railroads around the town of Lebanon, Ohio. Specifically the site focuses on the Cincinnati, Lebanon, and Northern Railroad.
Light Rail Cincinnati "The Alliance for Regional Transit (ART) expects to make the civic case for higher-level transit, including light rail, in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Area."
MyTopo: Historical Topographic Maps Scans of USGS maps from the early part of the 20th century.
My Road Photos "This webpage features photos (and videos since 2008) of roads, transportation features, and city skylines that I or my cohorts have taken over the years."
NOAA Historical Map and Chart Project This site has very detailed topographic maps of Cincinnati from 1912.
- Search for "Cincinnati" as the keyword. The maps are listed by number. See here for a list of which maps show what neighborhoods.
- PUCO Interactive Railroad Map This huge map by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio picks up where mine leaves off. It shows all the abandoned railroads and interurbans in Ohio.
- The Railroads of Cincinnati Information and maps of Cincinnati's current railroads.
Rails and Trails A neat site with old USGS maps of Cincinnati and elsewhere "devoted to transportation history and the conversion of abandoned roadbeds into rail-trails"
Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures "A non-profit entity dedicated to educating all who have an interest on the history of trolleybuses in North America."
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Other Transportation Sites
- Chicago "L".org "The internet's largest resource for information on Chicago's rapid transit system."
- Forgotten-NY Enormous site about everything from NYC subways and trains to lamp posts and alleys.
- North Shore Line Very extensive site on the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad.
- Old Railroad Museums Collection of links to railroad museums around the country.
- The Transit Stations of Arthur Gerber Information and pictures of this architect's designs for North Shore Line stations.
- This site includes a drawing by yours truly.
My Other Site
- Architecture Resume and Portfolio
Includes some transit related projects:
- Mt. Adams Incline from a new Broadway Commons Park
- Cincinnati Area Transit System (CATS)
- North Shore Line Ravinia Station rendering
- North Shore Line Beech Street Station rendering
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to: Jim Barrie, Bruce Bernhard, Daniel Bingamon, Jack Bonert, Brandon Brooks, Sherman Cahal, Steve Cutter, Mike Edwards, Jeff Evans, Don Faris, David Frey, David H. Fritze, Andy Harman, Jim Hetzer, Tim Hoeflich, Rick Johnson, J.E. Landrum, Phil Lind, Patrick McDermott, Jake Mecklenborg, Kyle Montgomery, Allen Morrison, Tom Morrow, Bill Myers, Rick Myers, Lee Nordloh, Mike Oestreich, Corwin Sapp, Cliff Scholes, Dick Segerer, Allen Singer, Michael G. Smith, Stephen Titchenal, Casey Tompkins, David Wallace, Casey Walter, Jeff Wood, and anyone else I forgot to mention, for providing helpful information and other contributions to this site.
Non-Internet References
- This web site was made on a Mac with Adobe GoLive and Dreamweaver.
The map was made from GIS data with PowerCADD and Adobe Photoshop.
All images © 2001-2012, Jeffrey B. Jakucyk unless otherwise noted.
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