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The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–1988) Railroad began standard gauge operations under investor Jay Gould in 1880. It's mainline ran from Wheeling to Zanesville to Cleveland, and it ran freight and passenger trains primarily between those cities. It eventually completed a route connecting Pittsburgh, PA (Rook) and Toledo, Ohio.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (reporting mark WLE) was a Class I railroad mostly within the U.S. state of Ohio. It was leased to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) in 1949, and merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1988. A new regional railroad reused the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway name in 1990 ...
The railroad of The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company, herein called the carrier, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located in Ohio and West Virginia. The owned mileage consists of two main lines and various branch lines and a terminal property at Cleveland, Ohio. One main line extends from Toledo, Ohio, in a southeasterly ...
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway may refer to: Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990), a regional railroad. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–1988), leased to the Nickel Plate Road in 1949 and merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1988. Its predecessors: Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1899–1916)
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway: Adena, Cadiz and New Athens Railway: W&LE: 1914 1917 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway: Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad: A&BB, ABB ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR: 1902 1994 Akron Barberton Cluster Railway: Akron Branch of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad: PRR: 1851 1853 Cleveland, Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad
On May 17, 1990, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990) began operations over several hundred miles of secondary routes across Ohio previously owned by Norfolk Southern. This included the original Wheeling and Lake Erie Cleveland Line to Canton. Primary commodities shipped included coke and scrap metal.
Wheeling and Lake Erie yards, 1910. A post office called Brewster has been in operation since 1910. [5]Brewster is the location of the corporate headquarters and shops of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, both the historic company and the current regional railroad.
In 1994, the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) purchased the ABB. After the ICC and W&LE signed an agreement and contract in 1993, W&LE made arrangements to form a new railroad in Akron using the former ABB as its basis. In early 1994, WE created Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (ABCR) from the former ABB assets. [1]