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Back-dating a model railroad to the 1920's.
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Electrification of the towns along the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth was directly related to the railroad. In the Teens the road went electric. They needed to build a generating station about every 10 miles. Since the trains only ran during the daytime these generating stations had lots of excess capacity in the evening and night which was sold to the towns for lighting. When the railroad failed during the Depression several of the towns bought the generating stations and continued to operate them so the townspeople could continue to tune in to "Fibber McGee & Molly" At least one town still operated their own power company. (Bethel Power & Light they no longer generate their own but resell power purchased off the national grid & maintain their own infrastructure) (Fibber & Molly was still being broadcast by WVXU, a Cincinnati NPR affiliate up to last year)
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