[1] It was formed through the consolidation of several formerly independent lines that totaled 22.96 miles (36.95 km), with a couple further acquisitions within a few years to extend the tracks to certain industries and to other interchange locations.
[1] The main purpose was to switch chemical cars for Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Babcox and Wilcox Companies as well as O.C.
The three-track interchange yard at Belt Junction was out of service for many years during the 1920s and 1930s due to damage but was used by the Akron Canton and Youngstown Railroad to hold overflow cars from the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing plant just east of Copley.
These worn-out locomotives were scrapped in 1972 when the railroad began using leased motive power from Precision National Corporation.
However, luck turned around in 1985, when they acquired Conrail trackage in Rittman and gained access to the Morton Salt and Packaging Corporation of America factories.
Future plans are to attract more industry and rebuild the Erie Lackawanna line for freight and passenger service to Kent State University.