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Don's Rail Photos

The D&T opened a 20 mile line between Dayton and Troy, OH, in 1901. In 1902 they signed a perpetual lease on the 11 mile Miami Valley Ry between Troy and Piqua which had been built in 1893. The line was almost entirely on private right-of-way escept in town and operated more as a railroad than as a local interurban. They had interchange agreements with the Western Ohio and the Toledo Bowling Green & Southern and operated as the "Lima Route". Modernization with lightweight equipment came in 1929, but bankruptcy occured in March 1932. There was a substantial loss of traffic when the WO abandoned in January 1932. On August 3, 1932, the bridge over the Miami River at Dayton collapsed under the weight of a freight motor and trailer. The receiver moved to abandon the line immediately, and the last car ran on August 10, 1932.

160 was built by Barney & Smith Co in 1901.

200.

203 was built by Cincinnati Car in August 1929, #3025. It was returned to Cincinnati Car in 1932, and in 1938 it was sold to LVT as 1102. In 1949 it was sold to Speedrail, but was not rehabilitated until March 1951. But it only ran for 3 months as 66 before the line was abandoned and then scrapped in 1952.

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