Train Watching in Ohio?

[og3rail]

I will be taking a trip to Oberlin, Ohio coming from the east this summer can anyone recomend some train "hot spots"

[JoeKoh]

lets see norwalk ,bellevue,willard greenwhich,berea ohio just to name a few spots for ns/csx action.any questions just email me.
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

IF YOU HEAD WEST TOWARD TOLEDO/DETROIT AREA
YOU WOULD FIND THE WALBRIDGE / NORTHWOOD AREA
TAKE TURNPIKE WEST
GET OFF ON EXIT I-280 GO NORTH
GET OFF WALBRIDGE EXIT
GO WEST TOWARD MAUMEE RIVER
WILL SEE CSX TRACKS, FOLLOW NORTH TO N/S OLD NYC MAIN
EASY TO GET TO AND VERY BUSY.
THE CSX DETROIT-COLUMBUS / NS NEW YORK-CHICAGO MAINS THAT CROSS NEAR DROUILARD RD IS VERY BUSY TRAIN WISE ESPECIALLY SUMMER WISE.

THE BEST SPOT IN NORTHWEST OHIO BY FAR
IS THE IRON TRIANGLE LOCATED IN FOSTORIA OHIO.
CSX N/S/E/W OLD B&O MAIN, C&O DETROIT-HUNINGTON
NS E/W OLD NKP MAIN LINE
GO WEST ON OHIO TURNPIKE TO FREMONT EXIT,
HEAD SOUTH ON OHIO ROUTE 53,
I THINK IT IS OHIO ROUTE 12 ( BUT FOLLOW SIGNS) TO FOSTORIA.
YOU CAN NOT MISS THE TRIANGLE,
ALL ROADS GO UNDER THE TRACKS
YOU CAN SEE CSX/NS GOING ALL DIRECTIONS WITHIN THE TRIANGLE
I HAVE LEFT EXHAUSTED
EVERY EVENING A GROUP OF TRAIN DUDES USUALLY
HANGS OUT AT THE B&0 STATION

[nanaimo73]

Oberlin itself lost both of it's lines during the 1970s, one was a NYC line and the other was N&W.
CSX now has a very busy ex Conrail line running through Wellington, 9 miles south of Oberlin. The Wheeling and Lake Erie crosses CSX there.

Twenty miles north of Oberlin in Vermilion would be a great spot to see Norfolk Southern as two of their routes cross near the Lake Erie shore.

40 miles west is Bellevue, a busy hub for NS
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locThumbs.aspx?id=101919

The best spot in that area is 25 miles to the east in Berea, which has two busy routes, CSX and NS.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locThumbs.aspx?id=101941

[Anonymous]

See if this helps.

http://www.frograil.com/railroad/oh.htm

[Anonymous]

Although I am new, I would agree with Nanaimo that Berea as one spot you should not to miss. Just yesterday, during two times in the afternoon, we saw at the same time trains on both the NS and CSX tracks. Although it pays to be careful, you can really get up close & personal with the trains at Berea. We saw trains about every 15 minutes, including one NS that changed crews; one eastbound CSX that had stopped west of the station, then went slow by us, and many that were really moving.

There are knowledgeable rail fans who hang out at Bera who provide lots of good conversation. Lastly, a nice restaurant in the old train station.

[rstaller]

Take Elyria off the list of places to visit. The locals are giving all railfans a problem about railfanning