The Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad (TC&StL) was a narrow-gauge railroad based in Ohio. It began as a subsidiary of the narrow-gauge Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad (TD&B), which was opened on July 4, 1875, but in 1882 the two companies merged and retained the TC&StL name, which was more descriptive of its extent. Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad itself originally came about from a merger of several other railroads, including the Iron Railroad founded on February 2, 1848, based in Ironton, Ohio. In 1881, the TD&B reached an agreement with the Iron Railroad to dual-gauge a segment of its line by laying its own narrow-gauge track in-between the Iron Railroad's track. Both railroads merged later that same year, retaining the TD&B name. The financially troubled Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad system eventually entered receivership in 1883 and was split at

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in 1884 and 1885 as follows: * St. Louis and Toledo Divisions (split at Kokomo), completed by the TC&StL: Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad ( NKP) * Cincinnati Division ** Built by the TD&B (Lebanon Junction to Dayton): Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati Railroad (

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) ** Ex-Cincinnati Northern Railway:

Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway The Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway (CL&N) was a local passenger and freight-carrying railroad in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, connecting Cincinnati to Dayton via Lebanon. It was built in the late 19th century to give ...

(

) * Dayton Division, completed by the TD&B (Delphos to Dayton): Dayton and Toledo Railroad ( B&O) * Southeastern Division, ex- Dayton and South Eastern Railroad (Dayton to Wellston):

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( B&O) * Ironton Division ** Constructed by the TC&StL (Deans to Ironton Junction):

( B&O) ** Ex- Iron Railroad (Ironton to Center Station and connection to Deans): Iron Railway (

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to in 1887)

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