Mid-Ohio Conrail Potpourri
The first scene is a fiber optic work extra on the Delaware siding, followed by TV-4 at Marion, then an Operation Livesaver OCS at Jefferson St. in Marion. The OCS would run around its train at Galion, and return westbound (not shown in the video). Next is Mail-4 and the now returning OCS at the prairie about five miles east of Marion, then one last runby of the OCS at Campbell Rd. adjacent to the Whirlpool plant on the west side of Marion.
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Conrail Crestline to Fairhope, Ohio in 20 Minutes (Reupload)
Reuploaded with better video levels and noise reduction.
Central Ohio Early 1993
From what looks like a spring-like day in January or February 1993 NS, Conrail, and CSX around Marion and (mostly) Columbus.
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Columbus, Ohio Area Conrail Summer 1997
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0:00 - Train CODI at CP-Mounds near Buckeye Yard.
2:15 - Same train just south of Scioto Tower.
2:40 - Brice DCS and detector on the West Virginia Secondary with southbound local freight.
4:00 - CODI again at Pickerington.
5:40 - CODI meeting northbound coal drag at Thurston.
7:26 - CP-Buckeye at north end of Buckeye Yard with train COSE departing.
10:30 - Buckeye diesel terminal overview with power off ML-450 coming in.
12:43 - Southbound at site of Scottslawn block station on Toledo Branch south of Marysville.
13:20 - Southbound on Toledo Branch, Ridgeway.
14:38 - Eastbound west of Bellefontaine on Indianapolis Line.
Central Ohio Railfanning January-May 1992
0:00 - Conrail local on the C&N somewhere.
0:33 - (Early) Ohio Central at Outville curve.
1:28 - Same train at Summit Station.
2:12 - Bannon.
4:43 - Troyton.
6:04 - Owens Rd. south of Marion.
6:33 - Conrail westbound with UP power at New Bloomington.
7:16 - CSX eastbound with Seaboard power at Center St. in Marion.
7:27 - NS westbound at Fostoria.
8:50 - CSX eastbound passing the Amtrak platform.
10:09 - Conrail and NS train race at Flint. NS wins, getting priority at the diamond at Worthington a couple miles ahead, where these two lines cross.
11:08 - Conrail westbound on the Delaware siding slowing for a stop a mile ahead.
13:19 - Meeting a hopper train at CP-117, the west end of the siding.
14:56 - Back at Marion. Joe Slanser is in the purple sweater with the VHS camcorder.
3-C Test Train, Conrail Columbus and Cincinnati Line
3/20/1992: Mail-4 at CP 104, Ashley, Ohio, on the Columbus Line, then pacing the Amtrak test train south out of town past Leonardsburg on Route 42. Then we see it headed west out of Columbus toward Cincinnati.
Early Penn Central in and Around Columbus
0:00 - Westbound on Bradford side crossing W. 5th Ave. in Grandview.
0:27 - series at Miami Crossing
2:38 - back at W. 5th
3:59 - Not sure. Possibly around South Charleston.
4:08 - DT&I trackage rights train along Route 42 west of South Charleston
4:21 - Pacing #32 at same location.
6:59 - C&O passenger train (with B&O power) and PC passenger train just east of Columbus Union Station.
8:05 - Cabride on westbound coming into Indianapolis.
8:54 - Not sure. I suspect Highland Ave. in Columbus with eastbound home signal for Miami Crossing in the distance.
9:33 - More pacing of the DT&I west of South Charleston.
Marion, OH Trains in the late 1960s (EL/N&W)
Silent 8mm movies taken by Eddie Kuhr at Marion Union Station, the train watching capital of Ohio.
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CSX and NS August 1991 Ohio/WVa/Kentucky (HD Repost)
CSX and NS from Columbus, Ohio to Kenova, WV, plus Marion and Carlisle.
0:00 - crossing under Interstate 270 outside Columbus.
1:09 - Ashville Pike bridge near Rickenbacker AFB (site today of NS's Rickenbacker IMF)
3:53 - same location just under the bridge.
4:31 - Lockbourne.
4:58 - Kenova, WV.
8:02 - Barboursville wye
10:09 - Marion
12:54 - Carlisle, OH.
Ohio and Kentucky August 1991
Usual potpourri around Columbus, Fostoria, Crestline, and Hamilton. Some unique footage of the new CSX C&N line (now Ohio Central) while interstate 670 is under construction just east of downtown Columbus. Also a short diversion to the Cattletsburg, Kentucky-Kenova, West Virginia area.
Conrail Around Ohio Winter 1999
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-- Indianapolis Line and Toledo Branch --
0:00 - Mt. Victory
0:36 - Ridgeway
2:16 - Back at Mt. Victory.
3:10 - Scottslawn
3:49 - Ohio Central westbound at Outville (OK...not Conrail.)
23:37 - southbound at West Mansfield
24:10 - southbound at CP 82 south of Ridgeway
24:39 - Ridgeway
27:11 - Dunkirk
28:45 - Findlay
29:15 - Galatea
30:52 - Vickers
31:43 - Bowling Green
32:42 - Dunkirk
33:19 - Findlay
34:30 - Upper Sandusky (not Conrail!)
--Cincinnati Line--
4:46 - West Jefferson
5:03 - Plattsburgh
6:12 - Enon
6:34 - Dayton (specifically, CSX MC Cabin interlocking).
8:26 - not sure
9:36 - CP 228 (Middletown)
11:37 - CP 244 (West Chester)
11:42 - NA Tower (Ivorydale)
14:51 - Elmwood Place
16:27 - Carthage
17:02 - Elmwood Place
19:34 - Dayton
---Columbus Line---
20:43 - construction of new Weber interlocking and Weber Connection, a connection between the NS Sandusky District and the then Conrail Columbus Line.
35:29 - Greenwich
36:33 - Willard (not Conrail)
37:20 - back at Greenwich
--Ft. Wayne Line--
40:09 - Perrysville
42:06 - Smithville
42:52 - W&LE at Orrville
43:19 - Canton
45:34 - Massillon
48:28 - westbound distance signal to Orrville
49:08 - CP-Mohican, Loudonville
50:49 - CP-Lucas
Conrail Delaware Ohio siding
Taken April 1999.
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Scene 1: TV-6 and ML-440 at CP-117, the west end.
Scene 2: COBU with new BNSF power and ML-460 at CP-111, the east end.
Marion Ohio Sweetlight
9/5/2019: A nice flurry of activity in Marion, Ohio in the hour or so before sunset. This video serves as a good comparison to what AC diamonds look like now to some of the classic footage I've posted from over the years.
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South Bend Cassapolis Elkhart Waterloo Edgerton
Conrail Chicago Line and Grand Trunk action between South Bend and the Ohio border at Edgerton.
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Conrail Indianapolis and St. Louis Line 1997
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Union City, Ohio/Indiana to Smithboro, Illinois.
0:00 - westbound at Union City
1:03 - eastbound at Winchester.
2:20 - NS westbound at Muncie (CP-229), then westbound NS light power at site of Vance tower, followed by an eastbound Conrail.
4:56 - Anderson.
9:27 - westbound at Lawrence.
10:02 - Eastbound local at IU interlocking, Indianapolis.
11:46 - CP-IJ, Indianapolis.
14:23 - Eastbound at CP-1, Indianapolis.
14:53 - CP-Gale at west end of Avon Yard.
16:29 - Eastbound at CP-24 Fillmore.
17:29 - between Fillmore and Danville.
20:43 - southbound CSX, Haley Tower in Terre Haute.
22:09 - Casey.
23:03 - Teutopolis.
24:09 - St. Elmo.
30:30 - Effingham.
34:28 - Vandalia.
35:40 - Southbound BN at Smithboro.
CR Split Week at Sidney Ohio Part 1
From 6/04/1999: Some great rail activity is recorded in Sidney, as former Conrail employees are making the transition to CSX. See back to back multi-level eastbounds, and a burro crane and the local passing through the new CP163 interlocking.
Conrail vantrain
eastbound vantrain at Northeast, PA.
Cincinnati, Ohio Trains 1990
Taken March 28, 1990. Locations include NA Tower, Hopple St., Erlanger, and Mill Creek. CSX, NS, Conrail and Grand Trunk.
Southern Pacific on the Conrail
Mid 90's Conrail Pittsburgh Line Compilation Part 3
Some early 1996 Happenings on the west slope. Most of the trips I made were family oriented so I squeezed in what I could with the rides I could get.