Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

rail system in the United States of America
Organization railway_company Q805757
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Summary

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad held citizenship in United States[3].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is in the country of United States[4].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Baltimore[7].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's child organization or unit is recorded as Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad[8].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Commons category is recorded as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[9].
  • January 1, 1827 marks the founding of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[10].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was dissolved in 1987[11].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's location of formation is recorded as United States[12].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[13].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[14].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's described by source is recorded as Rails' tales: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company[15].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaces is recorded as Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway[16].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaces is recorded as Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway[17].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaces is recorded as Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad[18].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaces is recorded as Pittsburgh and Western Railroad[19].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaces is recorded as Valley Railway[20].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's replaced by is recorded as Chessie System[21].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's reporting mark is recorded as BO[22].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's date of official opening is recorded as 1828[23].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's owner of is recorded as Baltimore Belt Line[24].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's owner of is recorded as Grant Street Station[25].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's owner of is recorded as Baltimore and Ohio Station[26].
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's owner of is recorded as South Beach Branch[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1827 marks the founding of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States[12].

Operations

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Baltimore[7]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad[8].

Dissolution

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was dissolved in 1987[11].

Why It Matters

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,569 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-company
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-company, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911015|baltimore and ohio railroad company (#289911015)]] in [[:too"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F873-14F3-C648-F3F2-9A33
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: F873-14F3-C648-F3F2-9A33, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Citizenship → —
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Rails' tales: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 420943, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
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