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The Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad, also known as the C&L, was a railway company in the state of Pennsylvania. It was incorporated in 1882 and opened its initial line between Lebanon and Cornwall, Pennsylvania, in 1883. The Pennsylvania Railroad acquired the company in 1918.

History
The company was incorporated on February 28, 1882. The new company, with the support of the Pennsylvania Railroad, competed directly with the Cornwall Railroad, which already ran between Lebanon and Cornwall and was controlled by William C. Freeman, cousin of Robert Habersham Coleman, the owner of the Cornwall and Lebanon. The line opened between those two cities on October 1, 1883. For much of the 6 mi route, the tracks of the two companies sat directly adjacent to each other.

In Cornwall, the company interchanged with the Colebrook Valley Railroad, another company affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, whose line ran 16 mi southwest to a junction with the Pennsylvania's Main Line at Conewago Junction, between Elizabethtown and Middletown. The two companies were consolidated on April 26, 1886.

The Pennsylvania Railroad acquired the company on April 15, 1918.