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  • "Lima Southern Ry" 1909-14?

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 #596046  by salminkarkku
 
This short line was involved in litigation with the "Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton" at Lima OH in 1909-11, but it seems to have fallen off the radar. I can't find any book or map mentioning it, apart from the Ohio Transport Commision lists. Has anybody else heard of it?
 #605406  by MSchwiebert
 
Just a guess on my part, but I'd suspect that it was one of the predecessor properties that became part of the DT&I. Here's a link that details the history of the DT&I.
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/S ... ePart1.htm

Note that a predecessor was the "Detroit & Lima Northern" while another was the "Ohio Southern" Perhaps a mis-entry into the records? Or perhaps the Lima extension of the Ohio Southern (from Springfield OH to Lima) was initally called the "Lima Southern"?