Sorg died on May 28 , 1902 , and six days later the CL&N , owned by the Pennsylvania since 1896 , bought its property for $ 400,000 and began operating it as a branch . The DL&C would be acquired twelve years later , after the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 . The CL&N and DL&C , built on the highlands between the river valleys , combined to provide the only access into Dayton during the disaster . The Pennsylvania realized that the DL&C would make a good acquisition in the event of future flooding , and had the CL&N buy and begin operating the DL&C for about $ 700,000 in December 1914 . ( Through service between Cincinnati and Dayton had begun that summer . ) The DL&C built a short connection from Lebanon Junction to the Panhandle Route at Clement in early 1915 , and on July 1 its property became that of the CL&N
Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway