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CT Rail: CNDX 1990 N/A Brand for commuter rail services operated by the State of Connecticut. Includes the Hartford Line, run under contract by TransitAmerica Services and Alternate Concepts, and Shore Line East, run under contract by Amtrak. Connecticut Department of Transportation [3] [4] [5] Metro-North Railroad: MNCW 1983 Conrail
The Valley Railway was a shortline railroad which operated between the city of Cleveland and small town of Zoarville in the state of Ohio in the United States. The railroad was founded in 1871, but the first segment of track did not open until 1880 and the line was not completed until 1884.
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
In 1895 the Valley Railway became the Cleveland, Terminal and Valley Railway. In 1915 the line was absorbed into the Baltimore and Ohio system. Although many small independent lines from this era were absorbed into larger lines and acquired parallel tracks, the Valley Railway retains single track alignment and has been well preserved.
The Lake Cities was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois and Toledo, Ohio via Detroit, Michigan. It operated from 1980 until 2004, when it was folded into the Wolverine. It replaced the St. Clair, a Chicago–Detroit train which operated in tandem with the Wolverine.
The CP&A changed its name to the Lake Shore Railway on June 17, 1868, [209] and on February 11, 1869, the Cleveland and Toledo merged into the Lake Shore Railway. [201] On April 6, 1869, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad and the Lake Shore Railway merged to form the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (LS&MS). [210]
Northwestern Ohio Railway: PRR: 1876 1891 Toledo, Walhonding Valley and Ohio Railroad: Nypano Railroad: ERIE: 1896 1941 Erie Railroad: Oberlin and La Grange Railway: Ohio Railroad: NYC: 1836 1852 Junction Railroad: Ohio Railway: 1894 1894 Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway: Ohio Railway: ACY: 1883 1887 Pittsburgh, Akron and Western Railway ...
Map of the United States with Ohio highlighted. Ohio is a state located in the Midwestern United States. Cities in Ohio are municipalities whose population is no less than 5,000; smaller municipalities are called villages. Nonresident college students and incarcerated inmates do not count towards the city requirement of 5,000 residents. [1]