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The Cincinnati Subway was a partially completed rapid transit system beneath the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio.Although the system only grew to a little more than 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, its derelict tunnels and stations make up the largest abandoned subway tunnel system in the United States.
The line was entirely acquired by the Erie Railroad in 1941 after dissolution of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The last train left Aurora station on January 14, 1977. [3] After the line was abandoned, the rails were taken up.
Ohio Electric Railway; Ohio and Indiana Railroad; Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway; Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company; Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; Ohio and Mississippi Railway; Ohio and North Western Railroad; Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (1848–56) Ohio Valley Electric Railway; Ohio and West Virginia Railway
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad: Northern Ohio Railway: ACY: 1895 1944 Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad: 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 ...
Trains continued to run until the line was abandoned and the rails pulled up in 1988. The area remains accessible and the old roadbed provides access to the tunnel. Plans to turn the area into a formal rail trail, the Moonville Rail-Trail, have been implemented. Six and a half miles of trail are currently open, with nine and a half miles, plus ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system map, circa 1961. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway took financial control of the B&O in 1963. [52] On May 1, 1971, Amtrak had taken over all of the remaining non-commuter routes of the B&O. The B&O already had a controlling interest in the Western Maryland Railway.
The Y&OR connected with three other interurban railways. It connected with the Youngstown and Southern Railway at Leetonia, which provided a through route between Youngstown and East Liverpool, and it connected with the Stark Electric Railroad at Salem, on which passengers could ride west to Canton and a connection with the rest of the Indiana-Ohio interurban network.
D&LN logo old DT&I Railroad map. In 1901, the merger of the Detroit and Lima Northern Railway and the Ohio Southern Railway formed the Detroit Southern Railroad. [1] This company was purchased at foreclosure on May 1, 1905, by Harry B. Hollins & Company of New York, which reincorporated it in the state of Michigan under the name of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway.