The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad was a railroad company in the U.S. states of Ohio and Michigan that existed from to . 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 Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway, Cincinnati to Dayton; leased to PRR since 1921 Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati Railway, Cleveland to Columbus and Cincinnati; leased to PRR affiliates since 1912 Manufacturers Railway, Toledo; not leased to PRR before the consolidation Pennsylvania-Detroit Railroad, Toledo to Detroit; leased to PRR since 1923 Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Toledo to Marietta and Sandusky to Columbus; leased to PRR affiliates since 1900
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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