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The Columbus, Delaware and Marion Electric Company (originally Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway Company) or CD&M was an interurban electric railroad that operated passenger and freight service in northern Ohio from 1903 to 1933. == Railroad and service == The Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway, or CD&M, provided interurban service connecting Columbus, Delaware, Marion, Worthington, and Bucyrus, Ohio. It also provided local street car service in Marion and Delaware. The CD&M provided local and interurban service on of track as The Columbus, Delaware and Marion Electric Railway Company. It operated service to Bucyrus through the Delaware, Marion and Bucyrus Railroad on an additional of track. At Bucyrus the railway met the Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway〔Hilton and Due, pp. 268-269〕〔Brashares and Dillon〕 for connecting service to Cleveland.〔Hilton and Due, pp. 269-270〕 The CD&M also generated electricity for Marion and sold power to the Middle West Utilities System. As a means of increasing off hours riders, the company developed Glenmary Park north of Worthington to attract interurban passengers with playing fields and picnic areas,〔McCormick, p. 112〕 and provided partial funding for Crystal Lake Amusement Park north of Marion, Ohio.〔Koblentz, p. 83〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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