 At its south end, it junctions or comes close to the Columbus District, Dayton District, and West Virginia Secondary.On the way to the Chicago Line at Sandusky, it meets the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (along which it has trackage rights) at Bucyrus and the Fostoria District and Cleveland District at Bellevue.The Sandusky and Columbus Short Line Railway opened the line in 1893, and it became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system through leases and mergers.