Kevin’s Komments 09/27/2024

The Big Four (CCC&StL RR) in Cincinnati Going home from a club meeting a couple weeks ago, George and I discussed the difficulty of finding information on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RR (CCC&StL, also known as The Big Four).  The problem lies with the fact that The Big Four bought a number …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/16/2024

Covered Hoppers & Moving Grain I believe we’ve had discussions at the club about covered hoppers and when grain began being shipped by covered hoppers. The Cincinnati Northern passed through western Ohio, a strong agricultural region. About every town had a small elevator that the local farmers could bring their grain to ship off to …
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