Pamphlet

By: The Ohio Electric Railway Company

Date: February 1910

Source: The Ohio Electric Railway Company. Ohio Electric Railway "The Way to Go." Cincinnati: Roessler Brothers, 1910.

About the Organization: The Ohio Electric Railway Company, formed in 1907 with the consolidation of 14 smaller interurban railways, was one of Ohio's largest interurban systems. It connected Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati, providing efficient passenger service to scores of small towns in western Ohio. The line evolved into the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad and expanded its services. However, business conditions of the 1930s led to the complete replacement of interurbans with buses by 1939. The company changed its name to Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation, and it was absorbed by the Greyhound system in 1947.

Introduction

Interurbans were...