 On July 25, 1872, the Cleveland & Mahoning, Niles & New Lisbon, and Vienna & Liberty were merged under the laws of Ohio into a new company, the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad (C&MV).Over the next several decades, the C&MV made money but the two shortlines did not.The C&MV now began being referred to as the Mahoning Division of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad.