Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad

The Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad was part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway system.

The Richmond and Miami Railroad was chartered in Indiana on January 19, 1846 to build from Richmond southeast to the Ohio state line. The Eaton and Hamilton Railroad was chartered February 8, 1847 in Ohio to continue the line southeast to Eaton and south to Hamilton. The E&H opened from the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad north of Hamilton (with trackage rights to Hamilton) to Eaton July 1, 1852, and the rest of the E&H, as well as the R&M, opened May 1, 1853, crossing the state line at Neels, Ohio. With the December 1853 opening of the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway from Richmond northwest to New Castle, Indiana, the three lines were operated jointly. On February 1, 1854, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad joined, providing a line south to Cincinnati. The Eaton and Hamilton absorbed the Richmond and Miami on December 1, 1854. Joint operations ended December 1, 1856.

The portion in Indiana was sold under foreclosure on January 25, 1862 and reorganized April 30 as the Richmond and Miami Railway. The E&H began operating the R&M October 1. Om May 1, 1863 a branch opened from east of Richmond, Indiana, the R&M's northwest end, east to New Paris at the Ohio state line. The Dayton and Western Railroad leased the branch on March 11 and obtained trackage rights to Richmond, extending their line west from New Paris to Richmond. (The next day, the Columbus and Xenia Railroad leased the D&W.)

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