Kent Ohio Yard and Operations

I just made my first trip to Kent and am having a hard time figuring out how things worked and what was there when it was a crew change point. I understand, perhaps, that crews changed in the vicinity of Crain Ave. ? The yard then extended east from there towards Brady Lake ?

Was there a yard office, crew office or anysuch ? How did a crew change with a eastbound train without blocking the crossing down by the depot ?

Are the buildings west of the depot old A&GW structures and was this a yard area also ?

When did crews begin bypassing Kent with Inter-Divisional Runs ? Were any locals based out of there or did a turn operate out of Leavittsburg ?

I am interested in knowledge, stories and operational info. How did WLE (NKP) fit in - just went over and the connector track installed after EL days ? How long did CR use this as a main or secondary main ?

Thanks.

http://www.railsandtrails.com/ has several charts that might help with the layout and number of tracks. But not the location of the structures in the yard. At one point Kent was a division point, with a roundhouse and shop, eastbound and westbound yards, a car shop. There is a topo map showing where the yard was, basically east of Crain Ave and west of the bridge over the B&O. The 1962 single line track charts have detail on the trackage, all in a straight line.

When you're back in Kent, look up the Kent Historical Society, a couple blocks from the old station. IIRC they have charts of the yards on display.

Hope this helps.

thanks for the info, that will get me started