Baltimore & Ohio Rd. v. Public Utilities Commission

The railroad contends that the commission had no jurisdiction to order the railroad to continue operation of its trains Nos. 31 and 32 after January 26, 1968.

In Delaware v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1954), 161 Ohio St. 332,119 N. E. 2d 77, this court held that Sections 504-2 and 504-3, General Code (now Sections 4905.20 and 4905.21, Revised Code), did not require a railroad to secure authority from the Public Utilities Commission for a diminution of passenger train service at one of its stations where no abandonment of such service at that station would result.

The orders here appealed from in effect…