Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Northwestern Region. Office of Vice President.

The Northwestern Region of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was created on March 1, 1920, from portions of the former Northwest and Southwest Systems of the Lines West organization. It embraced that portion of the railroad lying north and west of Bradford and Mansfield, Ohio, including main lines from Bradford to Chicago and Mansfield to Chicago and branches from Logansport to Effner, Ind., from Ft. Wayne to Mackinaw City, Mich., and from Toledo Jct. to Detroit. The Northwestern Region was combined with the Southwestern Region on June 1, 1925, to form the Western Region.

The Northwestern Region was composed of the Illinois, Northern Ohio and Michigan Grand Divisions, but because of the generally lighter traffic on the western end of the system, this intermediate level was phased out rather quickly. The Northern Ohio Grand Division was abolished on March 16, 1921, and the Michigan and Illinois Grand Division on January 16, 1924. After that, the division superintendents reported directly to the regional organization, as follows: Toledo Division (1921-1925), Logansport Division (1924-1925), Grand Rapids Division (1924-1925), Fort Wayne Division (1924-1925) and Chicago Terminal Division (1924-1925).

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