1983. In 1979, during negotiations to purchase the right of way from Terrace Park to Spring Valley for a rail trail and possible heritage railroad, the ODNR allowed Penn Central to salvage much of the abandoned rails and ties. The Little Miami Scenic Trail was built along the former LMRR in stages beginning in 1983, with the final portion opening in 2006. See also Columbus and Xenia Railroad Anthony Harkness, builder of 30 locomotives for the Little Miami Railroad. Further reading Robert L. Black, The Little Miami Railroad (Cincinnati, 1940). Landfall Press, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland & Erie Railroad Guide (Dayton, 1986) (reprint of the edition that was first published in 1854 by the Ohio State Journal Company, Columbus). References Defunct Ohio railroads Companies affiliated with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Railroads transferred to Conrail Clark County, Ohio Warren County, Ohio Greene County, Ohio Predecessors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Railway companies established in 1836 Railway companies disestablished in 1976 4 ft 10 in gauge railways in the United States 1836 establishments in Ohio