Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 100 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5086-1196-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad (C&LE) was a short-lived but remarkable electric interurban railway that operated in 1930-1939 Depression-era Ohio and ran between Cincinnati, Springfield, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo. It had essential connections with three neighboring interurbans to allow it to reach east to Cleveland, north to Detroit, and west to Indianapolis. For a few years, the Cincinnati & Lake Erie's 260 mile Cincinnati-Toledo-Detroit route was the longest same equipment interurban passenger run in the United States. For many years, its 315 mile Cincinnati-Toledo-Cleveland route was the longest same equipment interurban freight run in the United States. It transported enough freight to be serious competition to competitive steam railroads. The C&LE constantly struggled financially due to expenses always slightly exceeding income and fought destructive weather including floods that required very expensive repair and replacement...
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