Cincinnati District
The Cincinnati District is a
Cincinnati District | |
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Overview | |
Status | Active (Clare Yard to standard gauge (914 mm)Original: 3 ft |
Pre-1900 History
Connecting the cities of
A 5.5-mile (8.9 km) western extension of the C&E to the Miami Valley Railroad (MV) was completed in June.
The C&E exited receivership on March 1, 1881.[8] In February 1882, the railroad signed an agreement with the Cincinnati Northern to use 3.8 miles (6.1 km) of its line between Idlewild and Court Street via the Deer Creek valley to provide the C&E with a direct connection to its Court Street depot in downtown Cincinnati. The C&E began operations with daily runs to Irvington, Winchester, and New Richmond from Court Street on April 4, 1882. The C&E mainline had been finished to Peebles by the close of the year, to Rarden by May 1883, and to the Scioto Valley Railway at Vera Junction just north of Portsmouth in August 1884, which included the erection of a 1,000-foot crossing of the Scioto River.[9] The high expense of the bridge and building an alignment through the Scioto Brush Creek valley caused the C&E to enter bankruptcy again on September 14.
The C&E began preparation to convert its route from narrow-gauge to standard-gauge shortly after the completion of its railroad to Portsmouth.
By early 1886, the C&E was once again
The O&NW moved immediately to
Subsequent History to Current Day
The Scioto River crossing at Vera Junction was replaced with new multi-span truss bridges fabricated by the American Bridge Company in 1913. The mainline between was realigned in 1947 when a quarry opened along Plum Run required the line to be rerouted, which included the erection of a new trestle above Cedar Fork and the laying of several miles (km) of new track. The quarry became the primary source of ballast for the
In late 2016, the CCET renamed itself the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad and filed with the STB to lease and operate more of the Portsmouth Branch between Williamsburg and Plum Run east of Peebles for the storage of cars. The railroad filed with the STB to extend the lease with the goal of restarting railroad operations at the Plum Run quarry in 2019.[17]
Further reading
- Cincinnati & Eastern Railway at Abandoned
- ABOUT THE REAL PEAVINE at Western Ohio Railway
- Cincinnati Eastern Railroad at Cincinnati Eastern Railroad
References
- ^ http://cinrail.com/
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ Stewart, Ken. "The Cincinnati & Eastern Railway and The Cincinnati, New Richmond & Ohio River Railroad." The Fractured Frog 2.10 (May 1985): 11-13. Newsletter of the Queen City Division Railroad Enthusiasts.
- ^ "Lebanon's Railroad." pg. 15-28. 4b. "The Little Giant." pg. 48-66.
- ^ Hauck, John W. Narrow Gauge in Ohio: The Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Railway. Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1986
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ "Corporate Timeline of the Norfolk & Western Railway." Norfolk & Western Historical Society. 14 Dec. 2008 Article.
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ Ohio Railway Report. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs:Part II: History of the Railroads of Ohio. Comp. J. C. Morris. 1902. Transportation History Sources. 14 Dec. 2008
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ Hilton, George Woodman. "Cincinnati & Eastern Railway." American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. 464-465.
- ^ name=Interstate Commerce Commission, 26 Val. Rep. 255: Valuation Docket No. 343, Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1929)
- ^ Corporate Timeline of the Norfolk & Western Railway." Norfolk & Western Historical Society. 14 Dec. 2008
- ^ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-RR-f1fd7e3e997d88a4d967b4bb8963723e/pdf/GOVPUB-RR-f1fd7e3e997d88a4d967b4bb8963723e.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Re: Docket No. FD 36370." Received by Cynthia T. Brown, 10 Dec. 2019.