by bwparker1
I'm spending the week in Sandusky OH. what was the arrangement of trackage along the waterfront? I'm seeing a bunch of trackage on old maps that is clearly no longer.
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shlustig wrote:IIRC, from east to west:Thanks for the reply.
LS&MS (NYC) from the mainline to the waterfront;
B&O original mainline on a south / north line that crossed the NYC mainline at CP-240;
Big Four - nee Mad River & Lake Erie (NYC) from SW to NE that crossed the NYC mainline at Bay Jct. - CP-242; and
CS&H (PRR) also SW to NE that also crossed at Bay Jct. - CP-242.
At the waterfront, there was a joint trackage arrangement.
LE&W (NKP) crossed the CS&H at Bay Jct. and used shared trackage to get to the waterfront. The NKP yard was on the south side of the NYC mainline.
At the east end of the waterfront there is an historical marker for the original B&O mainline.
Hope this helps.
bwparker1 wrote:The B&O crossed right at CP 240. The B&O right-of-way has pretty much been obliterated through town. The LE&W and the Big 4 paralleled each other into the west side of town, crossing and tying into the Chicago Line at CP 242. The current line to the docks and compass south to Bellevue was PRR until 1964, which also crosses the Chicago Line at 242.shlustig wrote:IIRC, from east to west:Thanks for the reply.
LS&MS (NYC) from the mainline to the waterfront;
B&O original mainline on a south / north line that crossed the NYC mainline at CP-240;
Big Four - nee Mad River & Lake Erie (NYC) from SW to NE that crossed the NYC mainline at Bay Jct. - CP-242; and
CS&H (PRR) also SW to NE that also crossed at Bay Jct. - CP-242.
At the waterfront, there was a joint trackage arrangement.
LE&W (NKP) crossed the CS&H at Bay Jct. and used shared trackage to get to the waterfront. The NKP yard was on the south side of the NYC mainline.
At the east end of the waterfront there is an historical marker for the original B&O mainline.
Hope this helps.
I'll have to look for the marker, I'm camping at the Sandusky Sailing Club as part of week long regatta. Some of the old maritime maps show quite the arrangement of trackage that is absolutely vanished. Did the B&O line run on the street to the south or just adjacent to it (Warren St.) absolutely no sign a railroad ran through that area today.