(erielack) Erie & B & O

[Hoboken <hoboken_@_vfemail.net>]

My Erie Railroad map of the early 1950's shows that the Dayton Branch 
continuing on south and then west to Indianapolis, via trackage rights 
over the B & O.  It also shows the Bradford Division continuing on south 
via trackage rights over the B & O.  Curiously, this allowed the Erie to 
call its Indianapolis office an "on-line" office.

My question is whether the Erie had a unique relationship with the B & O 
to allow the Erie to incorporate these two sections of B & O line into 
its own system.  The second question is whether there were any other 
sections of B & O track over which the Erie had trackage rights.  Third, 
did the Erie have this kind of relationship with any other railroad?

Thanks.


Ken Bush

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