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The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad was a Railroad company in the U.S. State s of Ohio and Michigan that existed from 1926 to 1956. Its sole purpose was to simplify the corporate structure of the Pennsylvania Railroad by merging subsidiaries into a common company leased to the PRR; the PO&D was merged into the Connecting Railway in 1956.


HISTORY

The PO&D was formed on January 1 , 1926 by the consolidation of the following companies:, June 2004 Edition

The PO&D bought part of the Ohio River And Western Railway , from Zanesville to Lawton , on December 7 , 1928 ; this had been operated by the PRR since 1924., July 2004 Edition On May 31 , 1956 , the PO&D was merged into the Connecting Railway to further simplify the corporate structure., December 2004 Edition


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