DC&P Traction Line

The Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Line (DC & P), was one of many interurban lines that started in Dayton and ran in different directions to Ohio communities throughout the state. The DC & P ran north from Dayton along Main Street (Route 48) with stops in Shiloh, Irvington, Englewood, Union and West Milton, to name just a few, on its way to Piqua, Ohio. The DC & P was one of two traction lines (the other was the Dayton Northern that ran through Clayton) to service Randolph Township from about 1906 until about 1926. The tracks ran in the road through towns and beside the road in the country. The cars could reach speeds of 80 mph and rocked from side to side. As the DC & P tracks approached Englewood from the south (near the site of today's Route 40 at Englewood Dam) they were laid down over the bank on the east side of Route 48. The tracks returned to the middle of the road as the cars entered Englewood. The previous mural (pre-2009) showed a car heading south at the intersection of old Route 40 and Route 48 (the Dayton-Covington Pike.) The man in the mural was Henry C. Butterbaugh who owned a mom-and-pop grocery just west of the busy intersection.