User:NE2/Little Kanawha Syndicate

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Composed of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1/4), Pennsylvania Company (1/4), Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (1/2); formed 1901-12-02 by Joseph Ramsey (Wabash Railroad president), George J. Gould (who was using it as part of his transcontinental), St. Louis Union Trust Company, et al.; to connect Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad at Zanesville to the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway at Belington; bought by P&LE in 1905; 1/4 each sold to B&O and PCo in 1906


 * Zanesville, Marietta and Parkersburg Railroad 1901-12-11, Zanesville to Ohio River near Marietta (changed to Belpre and then Little Hocking in 1902); no line completed
 * Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland Railroad 1900-10-31, acquired 1902, about 13 mi to be used as part of the main line; Toledo and Ohio Central Railway began operating between Palos and Marietta in 1908; sold to bondholders in 1908
 * Parkersburg Bridge and Terminal Railroad 1902-08-01, near Belpre to South Parkersburg and South Parkersburg to near Constitution (changed to Little Hocking to Johnsons in 1902); no line completed?
 * Little Kanawha Railroad 1896-05-01, acquired 1901, Parkersburg to Burnsville; opened from South Parkersburg to Owensport in 1898; Gilmer-Burnsville rights sold to Coal and Coke Railway in 1904; B&O began operating in 1908
 * Burnsville and Eastern Railroad 1902-07-25, Burnsville to Belington; no line completed; Walkersville-Belington rights sold to Coal and Coke Railway in 1904
 * Belington and Northern Railroad 1900-01-02, acquired 1903, Charleston to Morgantown; opened from Belington to Wilmouths Ford in 1902; West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway and successors began operating in 1903; B&O began operating in 1917

Connection from Belington to Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway at Bishop:
 * Buckhannon and Northern Railroad 1902-02-07, acquired 1903, Buckhannon to Fairmont (later extended to state line near Blacksville, with a branch from Belington); work begun between Belington and state line; opened on different route from Fairmont to state line in 1912; B&O sold their share to PCo in 1914; merged into Monongahela Railway in 1915
 * Greene County Railroad 1902-05-14, Waynesburg to Washington (extended north to Bishop in 1902 and south to state line near Blacksville in 1903); no line completed

Other companies:
 * Fairmont and Southern Railroad 1907-08-31, originally intended to oppose Buckhannon and Northern, acquired by 1911, Belington to Pittsburgh; B&O sold their share to PCo in 1914; no line completed
 * State Line and Southern Railroad 1910-06-01, incorporated to extend rights of Buckhannon and Northern if those were to expire, Rivesville to state line near West Point Marion; B&O sold their share to PCo in 1914; no line completed
 * Chartiers Southern Railway?


 * Route details
 * Moxahala Creek, Black Fork: Zanesville to Sayre
 * ?: Sayre to Sharpsburg
 * Sharps Fork, Federal Creek, Big Run: Sharpsburg to Cutler (along MC&C)
 * West Branch Little Hocking River?: Cutler to Little Hocking
 * Ohio River: Little Hocking to Parkersburg
 * Little Kanawha River: Parkersburg to Burnsville
 * Oil Creek, Clover Fork: Burnsville to Walkersville
 * ?: Walkersville to McCuetown
 * Pringle Fork, Right Fork, Brushy Fork Fink Run: McCuetown to Buckhannon
 * Buckhannon River: Buckhannon to Carrollton
 * Tygart Valley River: Carrollton to Belington