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Historical Photos Page

This page June 26, 1999.

Here you can find photos of railroads of the past in black & white, unless otherwise noted.  Note, this does NOT include Conrail or any other recent fallen flag.  This photo gallery mainly includes railroads such as pre-NS era, N&W in the steam days, PRR, and so on.  If anyone has any photos they have that they would like to contribute to this gallery, please let me know!!  Comments, questions, suggestions? E-mail me.

C&O 2-8-4 Kanawha no. 2701 is sitting at the Marion Union Station, Marion, Ohio, possibly in the '40s.

Overhead view of the PRR Crestline roundhouse area in 1947.  Crestline, Ohio.

Erie PA-1 no. 732 is the lead engine of a set of A-B-B-B-A set of units leading a freight by the AC Tower and Marion Union Station.  For those of you who have visited Marion before, notice that the signal bridge is still standing.

Erie E8A no. 846 and a sister E8A leading a passenger train into Marion.  Photo was taken from AC Tower.  Also, notice the track closest to the tower is still in place.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 no. 34 at an unknown roundhouse location.  This is an interesting photo, as it is a photo of the Western Maryland Scenic's no. 734 still in LS&I service. This engine is also the direct sister engine to HVSR no. 33 (ex-LS&I no. 33).

N&W 2-8-8-2 no. 2043 in Norwood, Ohio. A "wig-wag"-type crossing signal is in operation in this photo.

A N&W steamer is sitting under the coaling tower at Portsmouth Yard, Portsmouth, Ohio.  It looks as though a man is shoveling up some of the excess coal on the ground.

Two NYC steamers (one is no. 1968) sit at the coaling area at the NYC Galion Yard, Galion, Ohio.  This yard is now completely gone.  Only a couple tracks of the yard are still there that CSXT uses to store engines and various MOW rolling stock.  Conrail used to do this as well prior to the split.

PRR K-4 no. 3874 looks as though she's undergoing some repairs at the Crestline roundhouse.

PRR no. 6785 (what type is this?) is crossing the diamonds at the Crestline Station.  The station is now completely gone, the tracks have been torn-up/relocated, and the signals are now all gone.  The track to the left (from cab point-of-view) is the one that has been moved about 100 feet over to make room for the interchange track for CSXT traffic.