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The line also hosted passenger trains between the charter railroad's namesake cities, notably The Buckeye Limited (later renamed The Clevelander) and the Steeler. In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with long time rival New York Central Railroad, to form Penn Central Transportation Company. The merger essentially failed, resulting in the ...
Akron and Pittsburgh Railroad: ACY: 1895 1899 Northern Ohio Railway: Akron Terminal Railway: ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR: 1901 1901 Barberton, Akron and Eastern Railway: Akron Transfer Railroad: ACY: 1891 1902 Richland and Mahoning Railway: Akron Union Passenger Depot Company: B&O/ PRR: 1891 1975 N/A Alliance and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1878 1882
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The company was renamed the "Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway" on May 1, 1990, before operations began. In 1994, W&LE purchased the former Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad and part of the Conrail “Cluster” railroads in the Akron, Ohio area.
The Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad opened tracks from New Castle to Youngstown and a line continuing west to Valley Junction (near Akron, Ohio) in 1884. On August 1, 1887, much of PC&T's railway was leased by the Pittsburgh and Western Railway Company for passenger service directly between Chicago, Illinois to Philadelphia ...
The eastbound train left Akron’s Union Depot at 11:08 p.m. for Washington, arriving in Pittsburgh at 1:36 a.m. The westbound train for Chicago arrived in Akron at 1:50 a.m.
The Northern Ohio was incorporated on August 14, 1895, under the general laws of the State of Ohio, for the purpose of acquiring the property of The Pittsburgh, Akron & Western Railroad Company, which had been sold at foreclosure. The Northern Ohio later acquired by purchase the property of The Akron and Pittsburgh Railroad Company.
The line ran from Hudson, Ohio, on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad south through Akron, crossing the PFW&C at Orrville and continuing to Millersburg. In 1868 a short 3.5 mile (5.5 km) extension to the south was built, and on November 4, 1869, the PFW&C sold the line to the Pittsburgh, Mt. Vernon, Columbus and London Railroad .