 In 1869, the C&M's Hubbard Branch finally gained access to Pennsylvania via trackage rights on two small railroads.The first of these was the Sharon Railway, which was constructed by the Sharon Iron Co. in 1862 to link its iron works with the Brier Hill coal mine in Brookfield Township, Ohio.This long industrial railroad extended from the Pennsylvania-Ohio border to Sharon, Pennsylvania, and then slightly north to Pymatuning Junction.