By the mid-1850s, the Railroad craze had hit Central Ohio.
Hundreds of Depots were bui.
The region was crisscrossed by numerous other lines by 1880
Columbus became the main hub while other Railroad centers included Circleville, Delaware, Mansfield, Mount Vernon, Newark, and Zanesville.
Pioneer railroads that were to evolve into portions of the Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroads connected the state capital, Columbus, with the canals, Lake Erie, and the Ohio River.
By the mid-1850s, the Railroad craze had hit Central Ohio