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The Conrail system in Cleveland featured a number of routes and secondary lines. The former New York Central Chicago Line was the primary east–west route through Cleveland, with the addition of the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Cleveland line, allowing traffic to and from the Pittsburgh region to pass through to points near Buffalo or Chicago and Detroit.
The reorganization became effective on December 31, 1885, with the first trains running under the new name Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway on January 1, 1886. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Rumors of control by the Pennsylvania Railroad floated in the mid-1890s, [ 9 ] with control of the CA&C ultimately gained in 1899. [ 7 ]
This connection had never been realized by its predecessor line, the Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, which ran trains only between Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. In 1871, the CCC&I made agreements to operate the Cincinnati and Springfield Railroad and its 16 engines between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway: NYC: 1868 1889 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: Cleveland, Delphos and St. Louis Railroad: ACY: 1881 1885 Cleveland and Western Railroad: Cleveland, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: NKP: 1865 1879 Ohio Railway: Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad: B&O: 1883 1893
The lease covered 25 miles (40 km) of Norfolk Southern track between the Von Willer yard (near E. 93rd Street and Harvard Avenue) in Cleveland and Aurora, Ohio. [ 9 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In January 2011, the CCR signed an agreement with the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, which operates the Port of Cleveland, to run a new switching service ...
Until 1976 the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, and previously the Erie Railroad, [1] had operated a single daily commuter train between Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio. [2] The railroad had attempted to discontinue the train in 1970, along with its other passenger operations other than New Jersey commuter services, but the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied it permission. [2]
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On August 21, 1871, the Valley Railroad Company was incorporated, with the intention of running trains from Cleveland to Akron, Middlebury, and Canton, rivaling the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Construction of the railroad's right-of-way began, but following the Panic of 1873 , a lack of funding halted the project again. [ 5 ]