Suggested Photo Locations: From: "Scott Riley" Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 01:53:24 EST update: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 In and around Wheeling WV: 1. There is the 1908 former B&O station, the 3rd largest in the system, which is now a community college. This is located on the corner of 16th & Market Streets. 2. A stone arch viaduct and tunnel, used by the old Hempfield Railroad, that held the trains running from Washington PA and Pittsburgh to Wheeling. 3. The 1868 Benwood/Bellaire bridge, which is still in use. The viaduct in Bellaire, Ohio, which held the former Central Ohio from Columbus is intact. CSX still runs in the area, in West Virginia, they still have a repair yard in Benwood. 4. A viaduct and tunnel from the old Hempfield line, now part of a walking/biking trail. 5. The now unused Wheeling Terminal Railroad. The tracks are still there, and there are some neat looking tunnels and such, but the line has been unused for years. 6. Just south of Wheeling proper, in Benwood, is the 1871 B&O railroad bridge, crossing the Ohio River into Bellaire, Ohio. 7. The origional stone viaduct leading to the old Ohio Central railroad is still there, and is a National Historic Landmark. 8. An old Norfolk and Western (?) bridge in St. Clairsville, Ohio, along with a tunnel which is part of a walking trail there. From Randy Staller Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 Lorain county on the north coast of Ohio. Within the county you can railfan on the Conrail, nowN&S water level route, N&S mainline,(ex NKP), the W&LE, and CSX(ex B&O). In Erie county five minutes away, you can get right to the NS and Conrail tie in put in two years ago. This is the exchange point between the old NYC water level route and the old NKP main. From: E. Allen Hoy Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 I found your section on the Russell, KY area by accident one day and found it very interesting. I am a lifetime (38yrs) resident of Russell and it was good to see my hometown represented so favorably at your website. I have lived on the same little corner in Russell since the day my parents brought me home from the hospital. My parents now live across the street ;). I have lived just a block plus a couple hundred feet from the round house of the Russell yards all this time. So this railroad area is much like just a walk to the store for me. I have ridden my bike all through the yards and my father and I walked them frequently. My father grew up in Russell, he has resided here since he was a mere 18 months old. His parents moved form Logan, WV to open a restaurant across the street from the round house to serve the railroad business until shortly after the Y.M.C.A. opened in the adjacent lot to their restaurant and home. They then bought the two homes next to their business and moved them by mule to where they sit now barely over a block away. I often say that I am such a sound sleeper from having grown up hearing the train bells & horns blow at all hours of the day or night on their way to the ready track just below my street. I have heard countless stories from family members most all having some relation to the railroad. My other grandfather was a 30 year veteran of Armco Steel ( now A K Steel) & a 12 year veteran of engineering what he called Mallys, Articulators, & Berthas in the WV coalfields. It was a never ending source for fond memories bringing home library books on railroading to share with my grandfather who lived with my family from the time I started grade school until his passing. The city has purchased the depot and soon the R U cabin. The depot has been refurbished without definitive plans for its use and no in depth plans for the cabin. We are looking for ideas of how to get railfans into participating in the future of these properties and the future use of them. If you can offer any advise or resources that would be of help to me I would greatly appreciate it. I would also be glad to offer any courtesy I am able to obtain on your next trip to this area for photographing your hobby. Even if its just showing you the places I know about and telling a few tales. From : Tom McFadden Date : March 2, 2001 The depot in Galion is worth seeing and it sits next to active rails. From : Ed Thomas Date : Octobr 17, 2005 Scioto Valley Traction Railroad Canal Winchester: From the C&O station, go towards the downtown section of town. I think this would be going S.W. Make a right turn at the traffic light. Soon as you make that turn, the bank (Bank One) parking lot is on your left. When you pull into to lot, the station is in front of you at the edge of the pavement. You'll be looking at the back side of it. I think the outside wall is stucco. Walk around to the other side and it is very clear (to a railroader) what the building was. Theres even room to put track in front of it again for several yards. Most of the windows to the station are all covered over however. Groveport: The SVT tracks for two blocks are still visible in the brick street. The Groveport Historical Scioto has preserved this portion of the railroad. Lancaster: Until about 7 years ago, the station/garage in downtown Lancaster was also there. It sat on the corner of US 33 and US 22. It still had two large doors that the interurban cars went thru to get inside the building.