Depots Archive
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Deshler 9/8/12 Part 2
Posted on September 8, 2012 | No Comments3:52 pm – north – CSX 103, CSX 316 – coal – 128 4:27 pm – east – CSX 5437, CSX 319, CSX 8448 – ethanol – 81 - coal hopper front buffer car 4:29 pm – west – CSX 59, CSX 5323 – 92... -
Northwest Ohio, December 6th, 2011
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsBack on the 6th of December, Emily and I headed up to northwestern Ohio in search of depots, trains and Ballreich Potato Chips. We caught our first train 12 minutes before 7:00 AM in Troy right by the depot. It was 100 cars of all... -
Chicago Union Station
Posted on September 21, 2011 | 4 CommentsFirst of as you can probably tell I am way behind on updating the site. Sorry about that. Now onto Chicago Union Station. Emily and I were supposed to have a nine-hour layover in Chicago but due to the Capital Limited being 5 hours late, we... -
Chillicothe, Ohio Depot
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 CommentChillicothe’s depot was built in 1871 by the Scioto Valley and the Marietta and Cincinnati railroads. The two tracks crossed at less then a perfect 90 degrees making the depot sit back a few extra feet from the diamond. In its heyday it featured a... -
Deshler Ohio, Depot
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsDeshler’s depot was built sometime between 1915 and 1923. The depot is an L-Shape because it served both tracks. Personally I think the depot looks kind of like a stealth bomber. Deshler was a very important location for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The mainline... -
Kenton, Ohio Depot
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsKenton’s lone remaining depot is the former Cincinnati, Sandusky, and Dayton Railroad which was built in 1882. The former track began life as the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad which was the first railroad chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The depot is unique... -
West Liberty, Ohio Depot
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsPrior to 1926 when this depot was built by the Big 4 West Liberty proper did not have a depot, the tracks were west of the town proper. The Big 4 built a cut off to service the town proper and built this depot which... -
East Liberty, Ohio Depot
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsIn East Liberty, Ohio I assume not much has changed over the past 100 years. It is a small town, maybe 500 people. Sure they have a Honda plant now and other businesses associated with Honda. One thing I am 100% has not changed in... -
First outing of the new year.
Posted on January 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe other day Emily and I went out for some depots and to catch a few trains. It was out first outing of the new year and hopefully our luck will change as we seemed to miss a lot more trains then normal. Our first... -
Spencerville, Ohio
Posted on December 31, 2010 | No CommentsThe other day Emily, my dad and I went on a trip to get 3 depots: Buckland, Spencerville and the Lima Pennsy. We had to drive around Buckland to find it but lucky the one in Spencerville was at its orginal location. When we got...
