Wabash Railroad

The Wabash Railroad (reporting mark WAB) is a Class I railroad that operates in the mid-central United States.

It serves a large area, including trackage in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario.

Its primary connections include Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, Detroit, Michigan, Buffalo, New York, St. Louis, Missouri, and Toledo, Ohio.The Wabash's major freight traffic advantage is the direct line from Kansas City to Detroit, without going through St. Louis or Chicago.

Despite the Wabash name disappearing in the 1960s, the company continues to exist on paper until being merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1997.At the end of 1960 Wabash operates 2,423 miles of road on 4,311 miles of track, not including Ann Arbor and NJI&I; that year it reports 6,407 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 164 million passenger-miles.

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