The Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad was a

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which operated in the state of

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. The company was founded in 1907 and opened its mainline between

Mogadore Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...

and

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...

in 1912. Later reclassified as a

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, the company was bought by the

Norfolk and Western Railway The Norfolk and Western Railway , commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, for most of its existence. Its motto was "Precisio ...

in 1964 and merged in 1982. Despite the name, the company served neither Canton nor

Youngstown Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...

History

The company was founded in 1907 as the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway and in 1912 completed a line from Mogadore to Akron. Effective March 1, 1920, the AC&Y leased the

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, an Akron–

Delphos, Ohio Delphos is a city in Allen and Van Wert counties in the U.S. state of Ohio approximately 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Lima and 13 mi (21 km) east of Van Wert. The population was 7,101 at the 2010 census. The Allen County po ...

line that had been part of the

New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midw ...

system via the

Lake Erie and Western Railroad The Lake Erie and Western Railroad was a railroad that operated in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The Lake Erie and Western Depot Historic District at Kokomo, Indiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The beginning T ...

. The ACY and the Northern Ohio were merged on January 14, 1944, into the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad. On October 16, 1964, the

(N&W) acquired control of the AC&Y, though it continued to operate separately until it was merged on January 1, 1982.

Passenger service

The ACY was primarily a freight railroad and passenger service was limited. Between 1920 and 1922 the company operated three motorcars. The last passenger trains were

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between Akron and Delphos which stopped running on July 20, 1951. During the motorcar period the company ran a commuter service between Mogadore and

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Route

The combined ACY-Northern Ohio system ran from Delphos to Akron, a distance of . Despite various plans the railroad never extended to Canton nor Youngstown. The N&W spun-off the former ACY to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in 1990. The segment between Mogadore and

Carey, Ohio Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,507 at the 2019 census. History The village is near Sheriden Cave, where habitation occurred around 11,000BC. The village of Carey was founded in 1843 when William ...

, remains in service.

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External links

Akron Canton & Youngstown Railroad Historical Society

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akron Canton Youngstown Railroad Defunct Ohio railroads Predecessors of the Norfolk and Western Railway Former Class I railroads in the United States Railway companies established in 1907 Railway companies disestablished in 1982 1907 establishments in Ohio American companies established in 1907