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OHIC 101 |
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OHIC 101 shoves 5 empty storage cars back where they were after digging one out. OHIC's big business is car storage, but I'm sure the auto fluff has come close, if not surpassed it.... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:28 PM |
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Bergholz, OH |
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OHIC 101 |
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Roster shot of the 101... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:27 PM |
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Bergholz, OH |
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OHIC 101 |
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Ohi-Rail S2 101 is seen switching Bergholz Yard before a run north to Minerva. Todays train... 1 x 2, picking 0 x 1 up at Watheys... DeNoon Lumber loads boxcars of kiln dried lumber for shipment to points west, I believe. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:26 PM |
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Bergholz, OH |
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OHIC 101 |
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One the route of NYC's Mallet's and monster coal drags in both NYC and PC days, OHIC 101 cautiously trundles northward at a whopping 10 MPH... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:28 PM |
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Wattsville, OH |
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OHIC 101 |
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Between Wattsville and Mechanicstown, OHIC 101 crosses this tributary of Upper North Fork of Yellow Creek... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:29 PM |
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Wattsville, OH |
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Uh oh! |
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The former location of Mechanicsville Tunnel has been a source of trouble in times past. This particular Saturday, was no different. A few hours later, all debris were removed from the track and OHIC continued it's northward journey... As you can tell by the rust on the rail, trips to/from Bergholz are few and sometimes far between. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:30 PM |
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Mechanicstown, OH |
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| Title: |
OHIC 101 |
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After the tree clearing, Northbound OHIC 101 finally enters Minerva Yard. The head out car was picked up at Watheys. You may notice the sign by the SOU boxcar that reads "BEGIN ORDC" - all track south of MP 43.5 is owned by the Ohio Rail Development Commission. North of here it is owned by LWR, Inc. and the other sign reads "BEGIN LWR". Their relationship to Ohi-Rail is somewhat of a mystery to me, but they don't rip stuff out, so I don't care! |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:31 PM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC 101(S2) |
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| Title: |
OHIC 101 |
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After running around the 4 cars from the south, 101 tied on to the 0 x 19 (making a 1 x 22 train) that the 4097 had assembled and begins the shove to the NS interchange at Bayard. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:32 PM |
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Minerva, OH |
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Matt Adams |
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| Title: |
OHIC 101 |
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Just 1 mile outside Bayard, Ohi-Rail crosses US Rte. 30 and is seen doing so. We were unable to beat him to Bayard itself, but, due to the time of day, the lighting was not very good any way. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:33 PM |
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Bayard, OH |
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OHIC 4097 |
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Since the 101 was making a northbound run from Bergholz, this left yard work to be done, so the 4097 was fired up. Here she is working the south end of the yard. This is yet another former Monongahela Railway SUper 7 to find a home in Ohio. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 6/25/2005 5:46:31 PM |
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Minerva, OH |
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Matt Adams |
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OHIC 4097(B23-7R) |
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| Title: |
W&LE - OHIC connection |
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Welcome to Milepost 107 on the Wheeling & Lake Erie's Rook Subdivision. We will be exploring that odd track peeling off to the right... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:39 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
W&LE - OHIC connection |
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Spiked and out of service - last time a train was up here was sometime in the early 90's. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:42 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
W&LE - OHIC connection |
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Seen standing by the W&LE, we see the connection tightly curving around the hill. You can barely see the north end Wye switch before the track curves around the hill. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:42 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
Physical end of the NYC Alliance Branch |
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Taken from the former P&WV bridge, you can see the physical end of the old NYC Alliance Branch. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:43 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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W&LE - OHIC connection - south end wye switch |
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Just what the title says. It is interesting to note that the "normal" physical condition of this switch was to go around the wye, which is going off to the right, and you would be diverging to go down the connector. Makes for an odd S curve. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:44 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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W&LE - OHIC connection - north end wye switch |
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Now, this switch is a little more normal. As you can tell, the connection track has a severe upgrade to it, as I am standing with the old NYC behind me and old P&WV in front of me. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:44 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
W&LE - OHIC connection |
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This shot gives you another look at the grade. The connector ends at the switch in the foreground when it joins up with the Alliance Branch. You'll see it better in a moment, but there was quite a long passing (or interchange?) siding here, which is the second switch. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:45 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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In Ohi-Rail parlance, the track going from the bottom left corner into the background is the Piney Fork Industrial Track. I am still standing on the connector. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:46 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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Now we're looking southward back up the connector (on the left) with the old Alliance Branch main on the right. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:47 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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We (my dad and I) continued our northward walk towards Hopedale proper and came across this switch off the main.... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:47 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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The switch in the last photo lead into three more tracks, probably for interchange with the P&WV, as it did not appear that there was any sort of coal-loading appartus in the area of these tracks. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:48 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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Now in Hopedale, the passing siding (the switch on the left) ends and one of the tree tracks in the last photo ties back in to the main. If you wonder why the ROW is so well-groomed for something that has not seen a train in 15 years, see the next photo... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:49 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
Ohi-Rail Corp. Track Car Permit M |
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A severely out-dated track car permit hangs in the "weatherproof" box at Hopedale "Yard".... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:49 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Piney Fork Industrial Track |
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The track car by the W&LE MOW car and the device with the blue tarp over it (two lawnmowers on RR wheels!) is how the railroad maintains it's nice appearance in this area. One of these days I'll post some of my photos of my exploration in 2003 of other parts of this line. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:50 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
OHIC Hopedale Wye - apex of the wye |
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On our way back to the car, we walked up around the south leg of the wye (the one I'm standing on) and walked back around the north leg (the one on the right). |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:51 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Hopedale Wye - apex of the wye |
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North leg is to the left and the south leg is to the right. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:51 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
OHIC Hopedale Wye - end of track |
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Looking in an easterly direction. The tail track must have been very close to the old P&WV main, but we couldn't tell through all the trees. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:51 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Hopedale Wye - end of track |
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Looking back west at the end of the wye tail. The apex switch is around the curve. Strange wye, eh?? |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:52 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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OHIC Hopedale Wye - apex of the wye |
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Looking at the apex from the north leg. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:53 AM |
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Hopedale, OH |
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| Title: |
OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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For whatever stupid reason (all of Conrail's reasons were STUPID when it came to Minerva Yard) Conrail chose to tear out 2 through the yard, leaving a kink like this on both ends. I'm looking south towards Bergholz and Hopedale... That's 4 to my left, the Main to my right and 3 all the way over. 4 deadends at that little pile of ballast and that is 12 heading from the left and connecting to the main. You'll see other pics of this later... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:53 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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I basically did a 360 from the last shot to get this view looking north. That the OHI-Rail Minerva Yard switcher doing some work. The track all the way on the right with the white tank cars is 10, then 4 (6 and 8 are gone), then the main (2 gone), then 3, 5, 7 and the train is on 9. In the background you can barely see a crossover that runs from the main over to 4 track. This is partially how OHIC gets around their cars to shove to the NS Interchange at Bayard. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:54 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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Matt Adams |
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OHIC 4097(B23-7R) |
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| Title: |
OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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Here is a northward facing shot of the space formely occupied by 6 and 8 tracks. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:55 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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From left to right.... EHL (engine House Lead), an unnamed track (possibly the old 13?), another unnamed track (actually I think it is 11), 9, 7, 5 and 3. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:55 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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Again, L to R - EHL, the two unknowns, 9 and 7. There is no enginehouse on Ohi-Rail, but the old Roundhopuse still exists and is used by a non-railroad industry. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:56 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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Again, standing in the space former occupied by tracks 6 and 8. Thats 12 going around the covered hopped (which is derailed) on 10, then the space, then track 4. You can see one of the old frogs by the tank car on the tail of 4 (which has friction bearing trucks on it!!!) |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:56 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - South End |
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Hard to even tell that there were switches here for 6, 8 and 4 track (the stub), but they used to be here. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:57 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - North End |
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The NS hopper in the background is on the Main, then we have 3, 5, 7, 9, and the EHL tail. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:58 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Minerva Yard - North End |
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One of the other old engine house tracks. Speaking of that, the old NYC Minerva Roundhouse, can be seen in this photo. See the van inside the fence? Go all the way to the right, thats the end of the roundhouse! The track immediately to my left is the EHL tail. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:58 AM |
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Minerva, OH |
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OHIC Wolf Run Branch |
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Here is the end of the Wolf Run Branch, which last saw service in the late 80s or early 90s. Coal was actually loaded until that time, too. There is still coal in the area, just trucked or being held in "reserve" :( I'll dig up the old mine name here and let you all know what it is. |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:21:59 AM |
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Wolf Run, OH |
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OHIC Wolf Run Branch |
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Five different tracks used to be at this location for the mine here. I want to say it was Bessie Mine, but that just can't be right.... |
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4/9/2005 Upload Date: 2/22/2006 3:22:00 AM |
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Wolf Run, OH |
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