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The Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad (nicknamed the "Blue Grass Route of Ohio") was a railroad company in the U.S. state of Ohio. It connected its namesake cities and served as a vital link for later parent Pennsylvania Railroad to connect Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.




History



The company was formed through a reorganization of the Cleveland, Mount Vernon and Delaware Railroad on December 7, 1881, as the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad. It was rumored in 1881 that the line might become part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system, as officials of that company had made visits to the property at the time. The reorganization became effective on December 31, 1885, with the first trains running under the new name Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway on January 1, 1886.
Rumors of control by the Pennsylvania Railroad floated in the mid-1890s, with control of the CA&C ultimately gained in 1899. The CA&C merged with the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad in 1911. Passenger services on the line ended on December 14, 1950.




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References


Camp, Mark J. (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Ohio. Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6174-5 – via Google Books.
Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (1904). Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1903. Springfield, OH: The Springfield Publishing Co. – via Google Books.
Orth, Samuel P. (1910). A History of Cleveland, Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago and Cleveland: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. – via Google Books.
Sanders, Craig (2007). Akron Railroads. Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4141-9 – via Google Books.




External links


Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway Company Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30th, 1890 New York Public Library

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