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343.2 miles (552.3 km) (after 1867) The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad (CP&A), also known informally as the Cleveland and Erie Railroad, the Cleveland and Buffalo Railroad, and the Lake Shore Railroad, was a railway which ran from Cleveland, Ohio, to the Ohio- Pennsylvania border. Founded in 1848, the line opened in 1852.
On August 21, 1871, the Valley Railroad Company was incorporated, and their intention was to run trains from Cleveland to Akron, Middlebury, and Canton, and it was to rival the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal. [5] [6] Construction of the railroad's right-of-way commenced, but following the Panic of 1873, a lack of funding halted the project again. [5]
Euclid Avenue, known after 1953 as Cleveland station, was a former railroad station at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 55th Street in Cleveland. It was at the border of the Goodrich–Kirtland Park neighborhood to the north and the Central neighborhood to the south. Euclid Avenue station served as the terminus of the Pennsylvania Railroad ...
Early history. Cleveland railroading began in the mid-1800's, when the predecessors of the New York Central and Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago, & St. Louis) built two major lines along Lake Erie that handled major traffic per day, and had major yards on them at this point. The line that became part of the New York Central, now CSX east of ...
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (CC&C) was a railroad that ran from Cleveland to Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio in the United States. Chartered in 1836, it was moribund for the first 10 years of its existence. Its charter was revived and amended in 1845, and construction on the line began in November 1847.
Union Depot. Union Depot was the name given to two intercity railroad stations in Cleveland, Ohio. Union Depot was built as the first union station in Cleveland in 1853. After a large fire in 1864, a new structure was built, and was the largest train station in the United States until construction of Grand Central Depot in New York City in 1871.
Valley Railway Historic District. / 41.22722°N 81.57028°W / 41.22722; -81.57028. The Valley Railway Historic District is a historic district partially located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, extending from Independence to Akron, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad: Cleveland Union Terminals Company: Cleveland and Western Railroad: ACY: 1884 1890 Pittsburgh, Akron and Western Railroad: Cleveland and Wheeling Railroad: NYC: 1887 1895 Wheeling and Cleveland Railroad: Cleveland, Wooster and Muskingum Valley Railroad: B&O: 1890 1915 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad