Farther south, in 1902 predecessor Ohio Southern obtained trackage rights, again over the B&O, to connect with the Iron Railway, completing a through route to Ironton on the Ohio River.

Although the Ironton's seven-man crew were able to get to the lifeboat, it was never untied from the ship and only two people survived the disaster along "Shipwreck Alley" Maria Pasquini is the ...