CINCINNATI NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY

The original Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company was organized in June, 1897, to take over and operate the Ohio Division of the Cincinnati Jackson and Mackinaw Railway Company, from Franklin, Ohio to Addison Junction, Michigan, 187.53 miles, with branches from Lewisburg, Ohio, to Quarries 1.12 miles and Germantown, Ohio, to Distillery, 1.84 miles; total, 190.49 miles. On August 1, 1897, the company took possession of this property, and also acquired the line of the Jackson and Cincinnati Railroad Company, extending from Addison Junction, Michigan, to Jackson, Michigan, 17.65 miles; the, combined mileage of these two properties being 208.14 miles. These properties constitute the present Cincinnati Northern Railroad reorganized as of January 1, 1902. The Cincinnati Northern road enters Cincinnati on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway over which it has trackage rights from Franklin Junction, Ohio, to Cincinnati, 38.40 miles, and at Jackson, Michigan, has trackage rights over the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 1.22 miles, making total mileage operated 247.76 miles. The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway Company controls this line through ownership of a majority of the capital stock.

Other items from early railroad in southern Ohio.
1. Dayton & SouthEastern Railroad 1875-1881 Click on picture for more info
2. Little Miami Railroad 1839-1869
3. Toledo Delphos & Burlington Railroad 1879-1882
4. Toledo Cincinnati & St Louis Railroad 1882-1886
5. Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad 1881-1983
6. Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chicago Railroad 1880-1889
7. Baltimore & Ohio SouthWestern Railroad 1889-1900
8. Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad 1868-1889
9. Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad 1889-1930
10. Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railroad 1848-1917
11. Cincinnati Jackson & Mackinaw Railroad 1886-1898