There is a overgrown bridge and right of way that goes from NW to SE...maps at the library show that it may have been NYC...any one know anything?
Interresting. Someone at the Akron Railroad Club may know:
https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/tag/abandoned-railroads-of-ohio/
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
nycstlrrThe NYC tower is still standing in Fostoria.
That tower is historically significant in that it housed the first CTC installation in the U.S.
https://ekeving.se/ctc/us/NYC_RS_1927.pdf
Cheers! Ed
I went deep into the archives here at the "Fortress Firelock" and...
The New York Central did indeed go through Fostoria, and so did the Baltimore and Ohio, at least according to the reprint of a late 19th-early-20th Century NYC map in one of my books. Matter of fact, the NYC and the B&O crossed each other.
There seem to have been two others, but the print on the blasted map's so small I can't make out who they were!
Now for a real case of information overload, check this out...
http://www.railfanguides.us/oh/fostoria/
As a matter of fact, scroll down through that "Railfan Guide" and there's some aerial photos of the abandoned NYC Jackson St. tower and you can see the "ghost" (for lack of a better term) of the old NYC trackage next to it.
Ihad no idea that was a NYC Tower have to look for the logo next time I am there.
Firelock76There seem to have been two others, but the print on the blasted map's so small I can't make out who they were!
More than two by 1927 (including an electric line crossing at grade): see the Fostoria track map in the article gmpullman posted.
Holeee Mackinaw Jones .. looks who's back. I was worried sick.
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