Cincinnati & Lake Erie

Company History: The C&LE was the result of the 1930 consolidation of the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton, the Indiana Columbus & Eastern and the Lima & Toledo. The resulting system consisted of a 216 mile electric interurban mainline between Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio with a 45 mile branch to Columbus. Through service to Detroit was provided in conjunction with the Eastern Michigan Railroad. That ended when the EM closed in 1932. With the Golden Age of Traction a memory, C&LE made a brave show of improving service for passengers with track improvements and fast, new interurban cars. In a famous publicity stunt, a C&LE car raced a bi-plane across Ohio. Freight service was also improved with box motors and trailers. However, the C&LE was overwhelmed by the Depression. By 1932 they were in receivership and in 1937, the line from Springfield to Toledo was abandoned. Service on the other intercity routes ended in 1939. The final operation consisted of streetcars in Dayton. That ended in 1941.

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