The Connection Cincinnati Southern Chattanooga Choo Choo Train Art
by Reid Callaway
Title
The Connection Cincinnati Southern Chattanooga Choo Choo Train Art
Artist
Reid Callaway
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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The Connection....by Reid Callaway
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Chattanooga Choo Choo Train Art
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Connecting Cincinnati and Chattanooga
The City of Cincinnati is the only municipality in the country to own an interstate railroad. An Ohio law enabling the creation of the Cincinnati Southern Railway was enacted on May 4, 1869. Cincinnati voters adopted a resolution designating Chattanooga as the southern terminus one month later. Workmen spiked the last rail in place on December 10, 1879. The first freight train completed the route from Cincinnati to Chattanooga on February 21, 1880. The first passenger train followed on March 8.
Thus began an innovative, visionary and complex commercial enterprise intended, from its first considerations in 1835, to expand the economy of Cincinnati.
The enterprise continues today, under a long-term lease with Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNO&TP), generating revenue annually for capital infrastructure improvements and repair throughout the City of Cincinnati.
Between 1820 and 1860, Cincinnati�s population exploded by more than 150,000, bringing it to 161,044. As the fourth largest city in the country and the largest city west of the Alleghenies, Cincinnati had a strategic location and thriving commercial business. But with the advent of rail transportation, the importance of Cincinnati�s river location was diminished and it became obvious the Queen City would have to adapt.
As rail developed rapidly, Cincinnati recognized that lines extended primarily from East to Northwest, excluding a connection from the Northwest to the South, and became determined to meet that need. The Cincinnati Southern Railway was born of a need to link the natural resources of the South to the industrializing Midwest. While the track to success was hardly a direct route, the CSR turned into a profitable enterprise unique in American history as the only long-distance railroad owned by a municipality.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Kathleen for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 2/3/2017
Reid Callaway
Thank you Dan Marinescu for featuring my artwork in our group... Premium FAA Artists! 9/21/2016