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The history of the railroad in Cedarville, by nature, is inexorably linked with the history of the Columbus and Xenia. Chartered in 1850, it was the first owners of the line that ran through Cedarville. It's corporate history is extensive, including the Little Miami, the Pennsylvania and Conrail. Since there is a lot of crossover info, this is more intended as a photo library for the Columbus and Xenia, with descriptions of images, instead of full information. Photos that lack a timestamp do not have a known date.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
C&X Columbus station ~1864
Columbus Railroads. [42]
Columbus Union Station. [42]
Amtrak's National Limited, 1979, idling in Columbus before heading over the former PRR mainline that ran through Cedarville
PRR "Scioto" tower. Crossing in the front over the C&O are the C&X tracks.
West Jefferson, Ohio
West Jefferson, Ohio
Ohio Electric Railway crosses at West Jefferson, 1910. [42]
Town St, 1913. [42]
Eastbound Conrail MRCO-7 over Route 40, June 7, 1998. [38]
West Jefferson, 1912. [42]
1970, West of tracks, East side of Main St. [42]
Eastbound Conrail passing Center St, 1986. [42]
London, Ohio
London, Ohio
London, 1880. This is the same grain elevator as in all other shots. [42]
London Station. Stamp on back reads 1908.
London Tower. [42]
London Tower. Taken from the NYC tracks, the Pennsy crosses in the foreground. By 1956, this tower would remotely control the train movements out of Columbus. [42]
PRR RS11 7621 passes the camera with a freight train. Sometime in the late 50's. [42]
Same photo after the train passed. [42]
Near London Station. [42]
London Station, 1968 [42]
London Station, 1968 [42]
London Station. [42]
PRR/NYC diamonds, crossing is mail and express #13, led by PRR E7A 4229. Penn Central is barely 4 months old in this June 2, 1968 shot. [38]
Eastbound Penn Central Train. Note the lack of a tower and diamonds, a modification made to the area by Penn Central after downgrading the C&X and the NYC branch. [42]
Penn Central/Southern combo train SOC-6 heading eastbound at London, July 17, 1971. [38]
Westbound PC freight at London station, Febuary 2, 1975. [38]
Conrail 3420 leads a local west. [42]
Conrail 6605 drags one Conrail and 2 Southern Railway locomotives east. [42]
London Crossing, 1986. Conrail choses to keep the former NYC on the right as the main route to Springfield after driving off Xenia shippers. [42]
London Station, 1986. The tracks are torn up and London hasn't seen a passenger train in decades. [42]
London Aerial Shot. [42]
As of 2024, there remains roughly a mile of track mainly left to rot, with the exception of rare MOW moves.
Florence, Ohio
Florence, Ohio
Florence Passenger Train [42]
Florence Station (Depot?) [42]
South Charleston, Ohio
South Charleston, Ohio
PRR depot. [42]
South Charleston Feed Mills [42]
South Charlestown Tower. [42]
South of South Charlestown Tower. [42]
PRR depot, 1913 [42]
DT&I Depot [42]
South Charleston Depot. [42]
South Charleston, 1954 [42]
South Charleston, 1957. [42]
South Charleston Complex. [42]
South Charleston Tower. Sometime after 1960. [42]
PRR LS-25, 5672 in South Charleston. Sometime before 1965. [42]
South Charleston, 1973. PC 8114 leads a freight west. [42]
Northbound DT&I over the Pennsylvania track, May 1975. [42]
From Pennsylvania Railroad Lines West Vol. 1 Pittsburgh to St. Louis 1960-1999: After PC created a double track route between Columbus and Dayton by using both the former PRR via Xenia and the former NYC via Springfield, they eliminated much of the double track on the PRR side between London and Xenia. A short segment of double track remained just west of South Charleston as a controlled siding. On October 7, 1973, we're in the cab of Extra 8114 West for a meet with Extra 7831 East at "Chuck," the west end of the South Charleston siding. The high dwarf signal controlling movements from the siding was not common in central Ohio. (David P. Oroszi) [38]
South Charleston tower, likely closed by now. [38]
DT&I 1776 in South Charleston. This unit still exists as CN6228. [42]
South Charleston, 1979. [42]
West Chuck Siding, South Charleston, 1983. [42]
1984 Conrail coal drag, west of South Charleston, 3388 leads headed towards Cedarville [26]
As of 2024, 2 miles of former PRR trackage is an expanded Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) railyard.
Selma, Ohio
Selma, Ohio
PRR Freight, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Freight, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Freight, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
PRR Passenger, Selma, OH, 1953 [27]
MOW Equipment on a siding. [42]
Selma Station. [42]
Wilberforce, Ohio
Wilberforce, Ohio
1984 Westbound Conrail Consist, Wilberforce, OH [26]
1984 Westbound Conrail Consist, Wilberforce, OH. [12]
Wilberforce, likely the same location based upon the hill to the right. [42]
Xenia, Ohio
Xenia, Ohio
Xenia Depot and LMRR train, 1865 [46]
Xenia Yard
Xenia Yard, 1908 [41]
Xenia Freight Station
Xenia Passenger Depot
Xenia Passenger Depot
Xenia East 1930 [42]
Xenia West [42]
Xenia Station
Last commuter train Springfield-Xenia, 1953. This line is gone by 1968. [41]
Street running in the 1950s [49]
1955 PRR Street Running, Xenia [45]
South Detroit St, Early 1960s [48]
Second photo from South Detroit St, Early 1960s [48]
PRR #5720 leads "The Union" through Xenia, sometime in the late 1950s. [38]
Xenia Yard 1967 [50]
West Side Xenia Air 1970 (Main St at top) [51]
Xenia East 1970 [43]
Xenia West 1970 [43]
PC GP9's 7119 and 7116 idle in the Xenia yard. 7119 still wears the colors of its predecessor in PRR. Sept 22, 1973
Early Conrail unit CR 2359 still wearing its PRR number works hard, leading Extra 2359 East through Xenia yard. April 1, 1977. [22]
On the rear, two helpers shove the previous train up the grade. Conrail blue GP20 #2103, and GP9 #7362 help push a bay window caboose to Columbus. April 1, 1977 [38] Both the bridge and the tracks are gone now.
CICO-9 led by B23-7 #1987 heads east through Xenia on November 9,1983. [38]
B&O Wellston Subdivision In Xenia
B&O Wellston Subdivision In Xenia
Below is a couple of photos from the crossing at Cincinnati/Charles St [50]
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