costs to settle bodily injury and death claims combined with the serious damage to the Red Devils exceeded the cost of installing block signals had this been done in 1930. Abandonment Competition with a growing population of automobiles riding on state paved highways plus the dire financial impact of the Depression led to a decline in C&LE passenger business. The reasonably good freight business collapsed as the C&LE's interchange partners went out of business. The C&LE ceased operations in 1939. The innovative Red Devils were sold after abandonment: six to the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) and thirteen to the Lehigh Valley Transit Company. They operated satisfactorily for both interurbans into the early 1950s. See also Red Devil Northern Ohio Railway Museum Ohio Electric Railway Notes References This is a fully referenced and detailed article on the difficult financial situation faced by the interurban. External links Interurban and Railroad Map: Ohio Railroad Commission, 1918 Video discussion on YouTube of the "Great Race" Interurban railways in Ohio Defunct Ohio railroads Passenger rail transportation in Cincinnati Railway companies established in 1930 Railway companies disestablished in 1939 600 V DC railway electrification