Jim Krause will be telling the story of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad which was acquired by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1909 from J.P. Morgan. The road became the Toledo & Cincinnati Division of the B&O in 1917. His recently completed book, available here at the Cincinnati Railroad Club or online at the club bookstore, is a comprehensive work that covers the CH&D’s development and operation from 1851 to 1917. The CH&D was a prime factor in the growth of western Ohio’s manufacturing centers and population. Originally built by men of vision to spur the development of the Great Miami River Valley, the railroad became the pawn of robber-barons and Wall Street bankers in 1882. Subsequently, a revolving door of rapacious owners and management would destroy the railroad from within by fraud and deceit.

Our presenter, Jim Krause, is a native of Hamilton and a Miami University graduate. He writes an occasional history column for the Hamilton Journal-News.

All Cincinnati Railroad Club meetings are held in the Newsreel Theater at Union Terminal/Cincinnati Museum Center and are open to the public at no charge. We’ll begin the evening at 7:30 pm with brief club updates & announcements, followed by our featured program presentation at 8:00 pm. Parking will be validated for attendees parking in the Union Terminal/Cincinnati Museum Center parking lots.

Directions to Newsreel Theater at Union Terminal:
Enter through Union Terminal’s main entrance into the rotunda, turn left toward the Cincinnati History Museum, and the Newsreel Theater doors will be on your left between the escalator and the History Museum. Again, the meeting begins at 7:30 pm with our featured program will start  at 8:00 pm