during the first half of the 20th century, bellevue was a busy railroad hub of the nickel plate road, and it remains today as a hub for the norfolk southern railway, which operates a massive railroad yard in bellevue. from bellevue, norfolk southern lines extend northeast to cleveland, north to sandusky, northwest to toledo, west to fort wayne, indiana and south to columbus. also, the wheeling and lake erie railway operates a line from bellevue that extends east to pittsburgh, pennsylvania.