A post relating to the state of Ohio
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Photo day—Transition times
Any visit to Toledo in the early 1980s always included a stop at Land Yard on the city’s north side. Formerly the main yard of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad, it had become a Grand Trunk Western facility […]
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September song at Defiance
In early September of 1989, I received a phone call from the Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation in response to a resume I had sent them. They told me that they were planning to open a new division based in Defiance, Ohio, […]
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Photo day—Grain train on the Carrothers
Two cast crossbucks stand guard as Conrail #7911 leads a southbound unit grain train down the ex-PRR Carrothers Branch in the winter of 1982. The train was captured at the North Pemberville Road crossing, between Walbridge and Woodville, OH. By […]
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Photo day—Delta blues
A Conrail manifest freight train rolls west under the DT&I overpass at Delta, Ohio on 23 June 1983. The train is passing two old interurban cars, which at the time were kept on a section of former-Toledo & Indiana Railroad […]
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Photo day—Snowy day at Air Line
January of 1982 was a good time for me. I had recently received my first driving license, and for Christmas in 1981 I received my first Pentax SLR camera. I was 17 and ready for some real railfanning! The problem […]
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Photo day—Alco in Defiance
It’s a freezing morning on 19 February 1990, and Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation #352 is on its way with a cut of cars to the CSXT interchange in Defiance, Ohio. Conductor Rance Greider rides the pilot, preparing to alight and throw […]
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Photo day—Early N7 at Toledo
Conrail class N7 caboose #21511 brings up the rear of a unit coal train in the Toledo, Ohio area in January 1982. I found this negative in an old envelope of Toledo shots, but with no information other than the […]
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Photo day—Nasby winter blue
Conrail SD50 #6706 sits on the head of an eastbound train, waiting for a new crew in the siding just west of Nasby Tower in Toledo, Ohio on 03 February 1985. Delivered November 1983, #6706 is still one of the […]
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Photo day—By Stanley Tower
Stanley Tower, located at the north end of Conrail’s Stanley Yard near Toledo, Ohio, was an important junction. In the 1980s, Conrail trains departing the yard could here access the Toledo Branch, the former Toledo & Ohio Central line to […]
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Photo day—Toledo-bound at Berea
Conrail SD50 #6724 is on the point of a westbound merchandise train as it sweeps around the curve at Berea, Ohio heading for Toledo on 12 February 1984. The operator at Berea Tower, visible behind the signals, will be keeping […]