This ÒCritical EditionÓ is an inside look at the Cleveland & Eastern Railway (C&E, ) system in which millions of riders used to get from Cleveland to Geauga County. Included are detailed maps and blueprints of the right-of-way along with the largest photo achieve ever published of the line. This edition includes two other railroads that were connected and in business with the Cleveland & Eastern Railway. They were the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Nickel Plate Railroad. Maps and photos connect these railroads.Readers will enjoy the ÒTales on the TrailsÓ chapter which presents true stories by some of Geauga CountyÕs Amish Community whose grandparents worked and rode on the rails. Chardon became the rail capital east of Cleveland, and was known as a ÒJerkwaterÓ town. Geauga County forests play a major role in this book, as they, like large portions of AmericaÕs forest lands were cut down to build our villages and railroads. Gates Mill, OH has discovered the railyard under their village.