Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad Timeline

Lake Erie, Franklin, & Clarion Railroad

Clarion, Pennsylvania

Time line

1895
Railroad from Summerville, Pa. to Clarion, Pa. considered - Railroad route surveyed

1900
Charter obtained for Clarion & Summerville Railroad Company

1901
May - Name changed to Clarion, Summerville & Pittsburgh Railroad - Right of way obtained - Railroad President's death caused temporary abandonment of railroad

1903
Citizens of Clarion obtain rights to railroad and raise money for its construction

1904
Sept. 1 - Name changed to Pittsburgh, Summerville & Clarion Railroad

1908
Passenger service well established. Round trip between Clarion and Summerville - 1 hour and 45 min. Three trains per day run between the two towns.

1910
Dec. 3 - Road leased to Pennsylvania Southern Railroad

1912
Sept. Reorganized as Pittsburgh, Clarion & Franklin Railroad

1913
General Charles Miller, President of Railroad - November, 10 - Pennsylvania Northern and Pennsylvania Southern with Pittsburgh, Clarion & Franklin consolidate to form the new Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion Railroad Company

1920
Volume of traffic - four million ton-miles of freight

1924
L.E.F. & C. operating 80 miles of road - 17 miles of branch lines, 15 miles of main line and 48 miles on the New York Central over which they operate passenger service to Franklin, Pa. - Dec. 31, Passenger service on New York Central tracks discontinued.

1925
Mill Creek branch line abandoned.

1935
Dec. - Death of General Charles Miller (President)

1940
10,000,000 tons of bituminous coal hauled over line

1941
Volume of traffic - 6.7 million ton-miles of freight

1942
Passenger service between Clarion and Summerville discontinued

1946
H.O. Burns, equipment maintenance, dies.

1953
L.L. Marshall, general superintendent, dies.

1957
Operating revenues reach $700,000 - Net income was $173,000 - Stock pays first dividend payment of $1.00 per share - H.M. Johnston, Vice President and General Manager since 1936, dies.

1959
The Hon. Theo. L. Wilson, General Counsel and a Director of the L.E.F. & C., dies

1993
L.E.F. & C. closes operation.

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1895	Railroad from Summerville, Pa. to Clarion, Pa. considered - Railroad route surveyed
1900	Charter obtained for Clarion & Summerville Railroad Company
1901	May - Name changed to Clarion, Summerville & Pittsburgh Railroad - Right of way obtained - Railroad President's death caused temporary abandonment of railroad
1903	Citizens of Clarion obtain rights to railroad and raise money for its construction
1904	Sept. 1 - Name changed to Pittsburgh, Summerville & Clarion Railroad
1908	Passenger service well established. Round trip between Clarion and Summerville - 1 hour and 45 min. Three trains per day run between the two towns.
1910	Dec. 3 - Road leased to Pennsylvania Southern Railroad
1912	Sept. Reorganized as Pittsburgh, Clarion & Franklin Railroad
1913	General Charles Miller, President of Railroad - November, 10 - Pennsylvania Northern and Pennsylvania Southern with Pittsburgh, Clarion & Franklin consolidate to form the new Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion Railroad Company
1920	Volume of traffic - four million ton-miles of freight
1924	L.E.F. & C. operating 80 miles of road - 17 miles of branch lines, 15 miles of main line and 48 miles on the New York Central over which they operate passenger service to Franklin, Pa. - Dec. 31, Passenger service on New York Central tracks discontinued.
1925	Mill Creek branch line abandoned.
1935	Dec. - Death of General Charles Miller (President)
1940	10,000,000 tons of bituminous coal hauled over line
1941	Volume of traffic - 6.7 million ton-miles of freight
1942	Passenger service between Clarion and Summerville discontinued
1946	H.O. Burns, equipment maintenance, dies.
1953	L.L. Marshall, general superintendent, dies.
1957	Operating revenues reach $700,000 - Net income was $173,000 - Stock pays first dividend payment of $1.00 per share - H.M. Johnston, Vice President and General Manager since 1936, dies.
1959	The Hon. Theo. L. Wilson, General Counsel and a Director of the L.E.F. & C., dies
1993	L.E.F. & C. closes operation.