Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & Indianapolis

Company History: The CCC&I, popularly known as The Bee Line was formed from the 1868 merger of the Bellefontaine Railway and the Cleveland Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad. In 1872, the CCC&I finally reached their goal of Cincinnati. At that point, the CCC&I had reached all of their namesake cities. In 1889, the CCC&I merged with the Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chicago to form the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis (the Big Four.)

Successor/Parent History: 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.
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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