Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.

GPTKB entity

Properties (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf railway station
gptkbp:acquisition Acquired_by_Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway
gptkbp:dissolved 1987
gptkbp:founded 1827
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Philip_E._Thomas
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First railroad to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
gptkbp:keyPeople gptkb:John_W._Garrett
gptkbp:length 1,000 miles
gptkbp:notableEvent First common carrier railroad in the United States
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Henry_G._Davis
gptkb:Robert_Young
gptkb:James_J._Hill
gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt
gptkb:J.P._Morgan
gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie
gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:W._Averell_Harriman
gptkb:George_H.W._Bush
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Daniel_Willard
gptkb:William_H._Vanderbilt
gptkb:George_B._Roberts
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Henry_Flagler
gptkb:John_W._Garrett
gptkb:Philip_E._Thomas
gptkb:William_H._Brown
gptkb:Samuel_M._Felton
gptkb:David_B._Jones
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:William_M._McKinley
gptkb:Charles_M._Schwab
gptkb:James_McCulloh
E.H. Harriman
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:originalPurpose 4 ft (1,219 mm)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:B&O_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:railwayLine B&O stock
Significant_role_in_the_development_of_railroads_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:route 1,000 miles
Baltimore_to_Chicago
gptkbp:services Freight transport
Passenger transport
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:B&O_Railroad_Museum
gptkbp:successor gptkb:CSX_Transportation
gptkbp:track 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
gptkbp:trainTypes Class I railroad