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Connotton Valley and Straitsville Railroad: Cleveland, Canton and Southern Railroad: W&LE: 1890 1899 Chagrin Falls and Lake Erie Railroad, Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad: Cleveland, Chagrin Falls and Northern Railroad: W&LE: 1888 1891 Cleveland and Canton Railroad: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: NYC: 1889 1976 ...
The original line was variously the Cleveland, Canton and Southern, among other names, and joined the actual W. & L.E. in Brewster, Ohio, south of Canton, where the W. & L.E. mainline crosses from Toledo in the northwest going to Martins Ferry, Ohio, across the Ohio River from Wheeling.
Reorganization in late 1895 as the Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad brought new vitality. Like the Cleveland, Lorain and & Wheeling, the CT&V entered the orbit of the B&O. Another second-wave road was the narrow gauge Cleveland, Canton & Southern, also a coal-hauler.
INTERURBANS. Early in the 20th century, Ohio became the heartland of the electric interurban railway, and Cleveland emerged as one of its foremost centers. Interurbans most heavily served the areas skirting the shores of Lake Erie.
The Cleveland, Canton and Southern railroad (CC&S), originally the Youngstown and Connotton Valley Railway, was established in 1877 and created a line from Bowerston (south of Canton, OH) to Youngstown.
It later reached Zanesville as a standard gauge railroad, now called the Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad. The C.C.&S. became part of the Wheeling on August 5, 1899. The original Wheeling & Lake Erie was incorporated on April 6, 1871 to build a railroad between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.
The W&LE used the tracks and facilities of the old Cleveland, Canton & Southern and the Cleveland, Belt & Terminal railroads and its chief passenger depot at "VINEGAR HILL" (Ontario and Huron). It was used until 1929. All passenger service to Cleveland ceased in 1938.
