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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Akron, Ohio |
| Reporting mark | ACY |
| Locale | Ohio |
| Dates of operation | 1907 (1907)–1982 (1982) |
| Successor | Norfolk and Western Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Length | 171 miles (275 km) |
TheAkron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad (reporting markACY) was aClass I railroad which operated in the state ofOhio. The company was founded in 1907 and opened its mainline betweenMogadore andAkron, Ohio in 1912. Later reclassified as ashort-line railroad, the company was bought by theNorfolk and Western Railway in 1964 and merged in 1982. Despite the name, the company served neitherCanton norYoungstown.
The company was founded in 1907 as theAkron, Canton and Youngstown Railway and in 1912 completed a 9.5-mile (15.3 km) line from Mogadore to Akron. Effective March 1, 1920, the AC&Y leased theNorthern Ohio Railway, an Akron–Delphos, Ohio line that had been part of theNew York Central Railroad system via theLake Erie and Western Railroad.[1] The ACY and the Northern Ohio were merged on January 14, 1944, into the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad. On October 16, 1964, theNorfolk and Western Railway (N&W) acquired control of the AC&Y,[2] though it continued to operate separately until it was merged on January 1, 1982.[3]
The ACY was primarily a freight railroad and passenger service was limited. Between 1920 and 1922 the company operated threemotorcars. The last passenger trains weremixed trains between Akron and Delphos which stopped running on July 20, 1951.[1] During the motorcar period the company ran acommuter service between Mogadore andCopley, Ohio.[4]
The combined ACY-Northern Ohio system ran from Delphos to Akron, a distance of 171 miles (275 km). Despite various plans the railroad never extended to Canton nor Youngstown.[3] The N&W spun-off the former ACY to the newWheeling and Lake Erie Railway in 1990.[1] The segment between Mogadore andCarey, Ohio, remains in service.[5]
