[1] The increasing use of electricity for heating purposes, however, dealt a severe blow to C&I and in 1995, C&I divested almost all its assets.

[1] At the time of purchase, the B&YC was only ten miles long but the railroad was extensively extended soon after its acquisition to better serve its new purpose.

[1] Scheduled passenger service started in 1914 until 1 December 1931, after which, it only ran only when needed until the late 1930s.

All this, however, was to change as a result of the declining use of coal for heating homes in preference for electricity.

A year later, C&I sold almost all its trackage as scrap and donated most of its abandoned right-of-way to the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority to become part of the Ghost Town Trail for use by bicyclists and walkers.