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The WHEELING & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD, planned to run from the Ohio River through the coal fields of southeastern Ohio to ports on Lake Erie, was founded in 1871. By 1877 only 13.5 mi. of track had been ...

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Fort Erie has played a significant role in multiple eras of history beyond the War of 1812. The border town sitting across from Buffalo, N.Y., was a major terminus in the Underground Railroad, a ...

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 20-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man were killed Tuesday afternoon after they were struck by a train just east of the Village of Zoar. The accident happened ...

ZOAR, Ohio — Two individuals were struck and killed by a train on a railroad trestle in Tuscarawas County on Tuesday afternoon. The sheriff’s office reported that the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad ...

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP ‒ A man and a woman are dead after they were apparently struck by a Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad train on a trestle over Ohio 212 on the afternoon of Aug. 5. The woman was 20 years ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As we celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, it’s important to recognize its crucial role in the Underground Railroad from its inception in 1825 until the early 1860s. The ...

The ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD was one of the three major Cleveland components of the CONRAIL network which included the NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD and the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. The Erie-Lackawanna ...

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