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- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad abstract "The Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad (C&LE) was a short-lived but remarkable electric interurban railway that operated in 1930-1939 Depression-era Ohio and ran between the major cities of Cincinnati, Dayton,Springfield, Columbus, and Toledo. It was one of the longest interurban lines created in the United States, and it was remarkable because of how much freight that it handled for an interurban trolley line that in open country ran fast but in cities and towns ran multiple car trains down the center of streets and made sharp streetcar style turns at street intersections. At Toledo, where it interchanged freight with another interurban line, it handled 17 tons of freight daily on average. It had connections with neighboring interurbans that allowed it to ship freight east to Cleveland, north to Detroit, and west to Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne. C&LE's engineering department working with the Cincinnati Car Company designed unique lightweight high speed passenger cars. Twenty were purchased in 1930, and the bright red cars came to be called "Red Devils." The Cincinnati & Lake Erie's 260 mile Cincinnati-Toledo-Detroit Red Devil run was the longest same-equipment interurban passenger trip historically in the United States. Three round trips operated daily. For many years, its 315-mile Cincinnati-Toledo-Cleveland route was the longest same equipment interurban freight run in the United States. It transported enough freight to be serious competition to the region's steam railroads who could not meet its guaranteed 5pm to 8am overnight delivery from Cincinnati to Cleveland and elsewhere. The C&LE constantly struggled financially due to expenses always exceeding income except in 1936, and it fought occasional floods that required very costly replacement of track, bridges, and electrical systems. Costly lawsuits resulted from fatal Red Devil wrecks. When its absolutely essential Toledo-Cleveland freight interchange partner (Lake Shore Electric) abandoned operations in 1938 due to an employee strike, the resulting dramatic loss of freight business forced the C&LE to abandon the next year. There are five reasons why the C&LE ultimately failed: the devastating impact of the Great Depression on the nation's and Ohio's economy from 1930 to 1940; increasing car use by former interurban riders and growing truck competition for freight shippers on an expanding network of new roads and highways; the operation of up to 12-car freight trains snaking through city and town streets which slowed delivery plus were a source of town anger; the lack of protective block signals on a very busy single track system which led to wrecks and lawsuits Had the C&LE and the Lake Shore Electric survived to the beginning of World War Two, they would have continued to operate through the war years due to a burst of business, but afterward they would have eventually quit due to overwhelming competition from trucks for freight shipments and automobiles for passengers.".
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- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad endYear "1939".
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- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad hqCity "Dayton".
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- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad railroadName "Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad".
- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad startYear "1930".
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- Cincinnati_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad comment "The Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad (C&LE) was a short-lived but remarkable electric interurban railway that operated in 1930-1939 Depression-era Ohio and ran between the major cities of Cincinnati, Dayton,Springfield, Columbus, and Toledo.".
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