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Dayton and Troy Electric Railway

The Dayton and Troy Electric Railway was one of a maze of interurban electric railways that ran in the midwest (Ohio-Indiana-Michigan-Illinois) during the early part of the 20th century. The D&T was formed by Dayton, Ohio entreprenuers Valentine Winters (of the Winters banking family, and grandfather of comedian Jonathan Winters), Charles Clegg, and his son Harrie Clegg.

The D&T was formed in 1900, running from Troy, Ohio in Miami County to Dayton, Ohio, 15 miles south in Montgomery County. In 1902, the D&T purchased the Miami Valley Electric Railway, which extended the line from Troy to Piqua, Ohio. The main offices were in Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City), where the D&T had an interchange with the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway (later Baltimore and Ohio, now CSX).

As part of "The Lima Route", the D&T was part of an interurban network which provided fast, clean transportation througout the midwest. The D&T folded in August 1932 after a catastrophic bridge collapse in Dayton severed the line in two.