Canton Area RailroadsCanton and the nearby cities of Massillon and Alliance are located in the great steel-making region of northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Railroads brought coal, much of it mined in southeastern Ohio, and iron ore to the steel plants and hauled away the finished products. The Timken Roller Bearing Company moved to Canton in 1902 and in the 1920s began making roller bearings for railroad locomotives and rolling stock. Written in cooperation with the Akron Railroad Club, this book chronicles the history and development of the railroads that served Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll, and Tuscarawas Counties. It shows how rail operations changed as the steel industry declined and railroad consolidations led to traffic shifts and route abandonment. Among the railroads that served this region were the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Wheeling and Lake Erie. |
Contents
Three CONRAIL | |
Four BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD | |
Five WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY | |
Six OHIO CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM | |
Seven OTHER RAILROAD OPERATIONS | |
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