Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system.
Big Four (red) and New York Central system (orange) as of 1918 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Locale | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio |
| Dates of operation | 1889–1930 |
| Successor | New York Central |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported 2,391 route-miles and 4,608 track-miles; that year it carried 8180 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 488 million passenger-miles.
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