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PCC streetcar 4201 in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1950s - later sold to Toronto Transportation Commission and re-classed as TTC A11 car 4626. The Cleveland Railway Company was the public transit operator in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1910 to 1942.
Cleveland street railways in 1900 Like most large cities in the United States , there existed a large network of streetcars in Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. The streetcar lines in Cleveland , Ohio were operated by the Cleveland Railway , which was formed in 1910 with the merger of two companies.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OH-4, "Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Line, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH", 18 photos, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; Jon Bell – Cleveland, Ohio: Transit Links; Cleveland, Ohio – Rapid Transit (RTA) nycsubway.org – Cleveland, Ohio; RTA Rapid Transit Locations; Northern Ohio Railway Museum
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio, United States and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. RTA is the largest transit agency in Ohio, with a ridership of 22,431,500, or about 78,200 per weekday as of ...
The cars of eastbound trains rejoined each other at Ceylon Junction, while the cars of westbound trains rejoined at Fremont. The Lake Shore Electric achieved nationwide note after motorman William Lang climbed out of his moving trolley car and snatched a 22-month-old child off the tracks on August 24, 1932, near Lorain, Ohio.
But from 1945 to 1970, the Cleveland area shed most of is heavy industry, and the loss of industrial jobs hit the North Broadway neighborhood particularly hard. [94] Cleveland also suffered significantly from a strong trend toward suburbanization, [94] and by 1970 the Broadway district had lost 36 percent of its population. [93]
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) expressed interest in reaching Cleveland via the Valley Railroad's route, and in the fall of 1889, brokers from New York purchased the majority of the Valley Railroad's stock and turned them over to the B&O. [7] The line between Cleveland and Akron was subsequently reorganized as the Cleveland, Terminal and ...
Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad: Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad: ERIE: 1872 1941 Erie Railroad: Cleveland and Marietta Railroad: PRR: 1879 1886 Cleveland and Marietta Railway: Cleveland and Marietta Railway: PRR: 1886 1911 Toledo, Columbus and Ohio River Railroad: Cleveland, Medina and Tuscarawas Railroad: B&O: 1853 1870