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  Handsome Lima Mikes! Yellow Fairbanks-Morse Diesels! Daily mixed trains serving picturesque Ohio towns. Twenty-seven interchanges with the NKP, PRR, NYC, Erie, DT&I, C&O, B&O, A&BB. A right-of-way with more than a curve a mile. High bridges. Victorian depots. McKeen Cars. All this was the AC&Y!

  The Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad Historical Society was organized in 1992 by a dedicated group of AC&Y enthusiasts. Our interests and goals are to document, preserve and share the AC&Y's history including predecessor and affiliated lines in Northern Ohio.

  Our membership is diverse...some are former employees, others from communities served by the road. Still others didn't have a chance to see the AC&Y, but wish they had! All share the same enthusiasm for historic preservation and interpretation of "Ohio's Road of Service."

  Whether your interests are classic photos, historic maps and documents, modeling, restoration of rail equipment, or you simply enjoy reading or hearing about the AC&Y, we invite you to join us!

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  Welcome to the customized Social Network of The Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad Historical Society.

  We are launching a community site to bring together AC&Y fans from around the world. The idea is to build knowledge and fellowship by creating an online destination where like-minded people want to hang out.It is believed that one of the most useful aspects of social networking sites is education.

  A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. When used properly, social networks can be a great way to enhance knowledge. Everyone talks about how knowledge is the important asset. But it has to be applied to be useful. Effectiveness of knowledge is multiplied if it's in the form of a conversation where people can educate each other.

  These Services are coming soon!                           Please join us also on...

  

  The AC&Y Headquarters.

  Members may create a personal profile, add other members as friends and exchange messages.Read more...

  

  The AC&Y Fourm.

  An online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.Read more...

  
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  AC&YHS President Robert Peacock's Blog

  

  This Blog will keep you updated on the AC&YHS. It will also give you a chance to get to know our President. Who he is, and what he is about.This blog is not a monologue but a conversation! You can give him feedback on almost everything he writes simply by clicking the 'comments' link at the bottom of each one of his posts.Read more...

I came across some old photos from June of 1983. We were chasing NKP 765 as she came through Akron. I wasn't thinking AC&Y at the time nor was I think much about Brittain Yard. Of course the Read more...

Railroad Historical Societies and Model Railroading
Posted July 22, 2011, 10:36 am
By Robert Peacock

Railroad history is the root of the great model railroad hobby. What has happened to railroads in the past as well as the history that is being made even now inspires and influences what model railroaders do. Even Read more...

Economic Contrast
Posted February 1, 2011, 8:18 pm
By Robert Peacock

While researching early AC&Y history, I came across data about the Panic of 1893. At first, I was curious to how that economic meltdown affected the AC&Y’s predecessors, especially the Pittsburgh, Akron & Western Railroad. The Read more...

AC&Y 304 as seen in October 2010
Posted January 1, 2011, 11:01 pm
By Robert Peacock

Back in October, Melanie and I went to New York City for my day job. On the way back, we made a slight detour and stopped at Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania. If you haven't gone there, you should! It is very cool place Read more...

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