A Message from Conneaut Historical Society President, Jim Jones

Railroad Rambles: Canada Atlantic Railroad Ghost Story, Farmer Brunet’s Red Lantern

by Kathy Warnes, posted in Railroad History

By Kathy Warnes Canada Atlantic Railroad - Archives of Canada Almost every railroad has a ghostly lantern story and the Canada Atlantic Railway is no exception. Its brief 35-year existence from 1879 to 1914, makes its own existence relatively ghostly. Lumber Baron John Rudolphus Booth Creates Companies Lumber baron John Rudolphus Booth created the Canada … Continue reading Railroad Rambles: Canada Atlantic Railroad Ghost Story, Farmer Brunet’s Red Lantern

Railroad Rambles: Monorails Travel Like Airplanes and Conneaut Has a Model Monorail

by Kathy Warnes, posted in Railroad History

Jeff Morrell, Jerry Janco, and Matthew C. Bayer are three of the important main characters in Conneaut’s part in the monorail story, with the monorail itself being the perpetual main character. Jeff Morrell, President of the Conneaut Railroad Museum, donated a scale model of the Bayer Hi-Level Transportation System to the Conneaut Historical Museum. Jerry … Continue reading Railroad Rambles: Monorails Travel Like Airplanes and Conneaut Has a Model Monorail