CL&N #17, a 4-4-0, photographed in the 1920s

The Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway,^[1] now defunct, was an American railroad of southwestern Ohio built in the late 19th century that became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system in the early 20th. Built to give Warren County better transportation facilities, the rural areas in which it operated never provided much traffic for the road despite its linking of two major cities: Cincinnati and Dayton. Always in perilous financial condition, the road went through multiple bankruptcies and scheduled service ended in the 1930s after which much of the route was abandoned and the rails lifted. Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railroad #17, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1920s. ... Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railroad #17, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1920s. ... Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government type Strong mayor  - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City  79. ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Government  - Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area  - City  56. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration - see text) in the UK. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of a individuals or organizations to pay their...

Origins

The company originated with the Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company, which was incorporated on November 7, 1874, and shortened its name to the Miami Valley Railway on October 16, 1876. The company was chartered to provide better transportation for Lebanon, the seat of Warren County, which had failed for decades to attract a railroad to town and had consequently stagnated economically. The Miami Valley road planned a narrow gauge line from Xenia to Cincinnati via Waynesville, Lebanon, Mason, and Sharonville with a three foot (914 mm) gauge. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Xenia is a city in Greene County, Ohio, near Dayton. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government type Strong mayor  - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City  79. ... Waynesville is a village located in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio. ... {{Infobox City image_seal=Mason, Ohio Seal. ... Sharonville is a city in Butler and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. ...

Construction contracts were signed in August 1876 and the groundbreaking, at Eden Park in Cincinnati, was on September 1, 1876. The railroad, severely undercapitalized, went into receivership on April 19, 1879, and was sold by the receiver on March 20, 1880. It was acquired by the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington (TD&B), another narrow gauge line that had big ambitions. The Miami Valley at the time of the sale had acquired right-of-way and begun grading the route. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Toledo, Delphos and Burlington (TD&B) was a railroad based in Ohio. ... A right-of-way (plural: rights-of-way) is an easement or strip of land granted to a railroad company upon which to build a railroad. ...

Reorganization

The TD&B reorganized the Miami Valley Railroad as the Cincinnati Northern Railway Company, incorporated on June 8, 1880. The new owners decided to abandon the Lebanon to Xenia part of the route and to make the northern terminus Dodds, six miles north of Lebanon. The road was finished and the first train was run from Norwood (the southern end of the line was not yet finished) to Lebanon on February 17, 1881. June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Dodds is an unincorporated place in eastern Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, formerly on the Cincinnati, Lebanon, and Northern Railroad. ... Norwood is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In December 1881, the TD&B completed a seventeen mile long branch from Lebanon Junction, about six miles (10 km) east of Dayton on its existing mainline, south to Dodds. This branch was done quickly and cheaply, which caused the railroad many problems in future operations. The entire Cincinnati to Dayton route was 52.6 miles (85 km) long. The first train left Cincinnati on January 9, 1882 but didn't make it to Dayton until January 12 because of the inadquate work on the segment north of Dodds. Regular service began on March 6, 1882, and much coal from Jackson County, Ohio came to Cincinnati over this line. Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Government  - Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area  - City  56. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jackson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ...

Route

The road's Cincinnati terminus was on East Court Street, now the site of the Greyhound Bus depot. From there the line went through Avondale, Norwood, Blue Ash, Brecon, the extreme southeast corner of Butler County in West Chester Township, and into Warren County. From Deerfield Township, it went through Mason, Union Township, Turtlecreek Township, Lebanon, Clearcreek Township, Wayne Township, and back into Clearcreek Township. The road then entered Montgomery County in Washington Township, went through Centerville, and terminated at Lebanon Junction in Van Buren Township. Using trackage rights it proceeded from Lebanon Junction to Dayton on the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad (TD&B) and later (as described below) the route was extended directly to Dayton. Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2200 destinations in the United States. ... Norwood is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. ... Blue Ash is a city located in Hamilton County, Ohio. ... Butler County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in southwest Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Deerfield Township, one of eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, is located in the southwest corner of the county. ... {{Infobox City image_seal=Mason, Ohio Seal. ... Union Township is one of eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, located in the central part of the county. ... Turtlecreek Township is one of eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio. ... Clearcreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, located in the north central portion of the county. ... Wayne Township, one of eleven in Warren County, Ohio, is located in the northeast part of the county and includes the village of Waynesville, Ohio. ... Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Washington Township is a township in Ohio north of Centerville and south of Kettering. ... Centerville is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, part of the Greater Dayton Area. ... Kettering is a city located in Greene and Montgomery counties in Ohio. ... A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. ...

Takeover and reorganization

The TD&B in 1881 merged with its subsidiary, the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway (TC&StL), and took its name. On March 6, 1883, the company, struggling to reorganize, had merged the Cincinnati Northern and the Spring Grove, Avondale and Cincinnati Railway into the TC&StL. By 1883, the company had a 782 mile (1,259 km) long narrow gauge network that linked the key cities of the east central United States. However, narrow gauge railways were economically uncompetitive with standard gauge roads. That fact, combined with the shoddy construction and mismanagement of the company, forced the TC&StL into receivership in August 1883. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Spring Grove, Avondale and Cincinnati Railway, now defunct, was a one and one-quarter mile long railroad of Hamilton County, Ohio that provided access to the Cincinnati Zoo. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...

On June 28, 1884, the Ohio part of the company was sold at auction. The route from Dodds to Lebanon Junction was sold to trustees for bondholders, while the Cincinnati to Dodds route was reorganized on June 27, 1885 as the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern (CL&N). It began operations on August 1, 1885. The trustees of the Dodds-Lebanon Junction line leased the track to the CL&N. Service to Dayton was made possible by obtaining trackage rights from the Dayton and Ironton Railroad (D&I), the reorganized southeastern division of the TC&StL. However, when the D&I converted to standard gauge on April 3, 1887, the CL&N suspended operations north of Dodds. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...

Henry Lewis gains control

Henry Lewis bought the Dodds-Lebanon Junction line in 1888 and incorporated it as the Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad (DL&C) on June 29, 1888. The company completely rebuilt the line and then leased it to the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad (DFW&C), part of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (CH&D) that already served Warren County at Franklin, which ran trains from Dayton to Dodds. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Cincinatti, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (CH&DRR) was a United States railroad that existed between its incorporation on March 2, 1846 and its acquisition by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in December, 1917. ... Franklin is a city located in Warren County, Ohio. ...

The CL&N leased the six miles of track between Lebanon and Dodds on June 1, 1892 for a term of ninety-nine years and proceeded to convert it to standard gauge. On September 16, 1894, the entire CL&N switched to standard gauge, which made interconnection possible with the Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad (M&C). The M&C crossed the CL&N at Hagemans Crossing in Union Township between Lebanon and Mason. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad, now defunct, was a shortline railroad of Southwest Ohio running from Middletown, Butler County 14. ... ... Union Township is one of eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, located in the central part of the county. ...

Bargaining chip for others

In December 1895, the Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad (CJ&M) obtained trackage rights over the CL&N. Its track ran from Addison, Michigan to Carlisle, Ohio. From there, it had trackage rights over the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and the Middletown and Cincinnati, which brought its trains to Hagemans Crossing where they could proceed to Cincinnati. The CJ&N engaged in merger talks with the CL&N for years as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the CH&D. Seeing its own interests threatened, the Pennsylvania Railroad (Pennsy) then acquired the majority of the stock of the CL&N and integrated it into its system, though the company continued its separate existence. Alternate use: There is also an Addison Township in Oakland County, Michigan. ... Carlisle is a village located in southwestern Ohio in northwestern Warren and southern Montgomery counties. ... 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ...

The DL&C, which owned the line north of Lebanon, was sold at a foreclosure auction in December 1905 and reorgnized as the Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad and Terminal Company (DL&C). The new company proceeded to construct a new line from Hampstead, south of Lebanon Junction, into downtown Dayton, creating a 25.29 mile (41 km) line from Lebanon to Washington Street. The Washington Street station, the site of which is now buried under Route 35, was opened in 1912. During the Great Dayton Flood in March 1913, this line was the only one not inundated by the Great Miami and Mad River and was Dayton's lifeline to the world. The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miami River, causing the greatest natural disaster[1] in Ohio history. ... The Great Miami River (also called the Miami River) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 160 mi (257 km) long, in southwestern Ohio in the United States. ... Mad River can refer to: The Mad River in California in the United States. ...

Acquires M&C

The Middletown and Cincinnati was purchased by the CL&N on June 3, 1902, for US$400,000 and was merged into the CL&N, thus adding 14.23 miles from Middletown to Middletown Junction on the Pennsylvania's Little Miami Railroad. The DL&C was purchased on July 1, 1915, the Pennsy seeking a secure route to Dayton in the event of another flood. That gave the CL&N system 76.17 miles (123 km) of mainline and 115.72 miles (186 km) of track. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Middletown is an All-American City[1] located in Butler and Warren counties in southwestern Ohio. ... Middletown Junction was the point in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, on the eastern bank of the Little Miami River where the Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad joined with the Little Miami Railroad. ... The Little Miami Railroad, now defunct, was a railway of Southwestern Ohio, running from the eastern side of Cincinnati to Xenia. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Consolidated with other roads

The Pennsy consolidated the CL&N with several of its other Ohio subsidiaries to form the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad (PO&D) effective December 10, 1925. During World War I, passenger service on the former Middletown and Cincinnati line ended. Because there was little business on the line, a condition made worse by the proliferation of automobiles, passenger service to Lebanon was suspended on March 31, 1928, and all scheduled service there ended as of February 1, 1934. Despite its connection between the large cities of Cincinnati and Dayton, most of the traffic between them flowed through Butler County over the CH&D and other roads. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government type Strong mayor  - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City  79. ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Government  - Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area  - City  56. ... Butler County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ...

End of the line

The eleven miles between Lebanon and Lytle were torn up in 1952. Following the merger of the Pennsylvania and the New York Central in 1968 that formed the Penn Central company, the segment between Brecon and Mason was abandoned in 1972 and service between Hageman's Crossing and Middletown Junction ended. The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity and with the AAR reporting mark of NYC, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ... The Penn Central Transportation Company, normally called Penn Central, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and formed by the merger on February 1, 1968 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad; the New Haven was added to the merger at the insistence of the... {{Infobox City image_seal=Mason, Ohio Seal. ...

Conrail, the company organized to pick up the pieces after the failure of the Penn Central, took over the line between Brecon and Norwood and from Mason south of Snider Road north to Hageman and out the former M&C mainline to Middletown. The line from Hageman to Lebanon was retained by the bankruptcy trustees but limited service was provided over it by Conrail under a subsidy supplied by Lebanon businesses. In 1981, the line from Hageman to Lebanon was purchased by the City of Lebanon in order to provide right-of-way for a sewer line and (in the 1990s) electric lines. The section from Hageman to Lebanon was annexed into the city limits in 1986. As of 2005, the City is building a bike path on part of the former M&C mainline from Columbia Road to Middletown Junction. Conrail 6114, a GE Dash 8-40CW, leads a train westbound out of Altoona, Pennsylvania. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1985, the Indiana and Ohio Railway purchased the track from Mason to Hageman to Middletown from Conrail, and from that year operated an excursion train from Mason to Monroe and later from Mason to Lebanon. Later, the Turtle Creek Valley Railroad and then the Cincinnati Railway took over operations of the excursion trains. The I&O attempted to gain permission to reconnect Mason to Brecon but was opposed, thus forcing trains to make a long detour through Middletown to reach Cincinnati.

References

• Hauck, John W. (1986). Narrow Gauge in Ohio. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing. ISBN 0-87108-629-8. 

1. ^ Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Report, Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern

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External links

• Hobo's Guide to the Pennsy
• Corporate history of the CL&N
• Current I&O trackage
• I&O trackage map on company's site
• An account of traveling on the excursion train, with photos
• Information on the excursion train
• Dallas Bogan's articles on Warren County railroads: [1], [2], [3]
• A 1902 CL&N timetable

See also

• List of United States railroads
• List of defunct United States railroads