Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Cleveland, OH: CSX/B&O Roundhouse, Clark Ave. Railyard and Midwest Railway Preservation Society

Roundhosue: (Satellite)
Railyard: (Satellite)

Dan Konkoly posted three photos with the comment: "B&O roundhouse in Cleveland, Ohio in the flats. Still exists today but with less stalls. Currently housing Reading T1 2100 (4-8-4)for ASR, GTW 4070 (2-8-2) for MRPS."
Dan Konkoly: As a follow up.... here's an 8mm film I found on youtube. It has gtw 4070 being readied at this roundhouse/yard for an excursion in 1973. In case anyone is interested, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPPgnJhehHs... [In the background a bridge is up at 0:15 and again at 4:48. They start moving with the train at 7:10. Two bridges are up at 7:27.]
Rick Shilling also posted these two with the comment: "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Roundhouse, Clark Ave Yards, Cleveland, Ohio."
Thomas Wentzel shared
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It looks like there was a steel mill or two in the background.
Scotty Fahnestock posted
Michael Maitland: Corrigan steel on this side of the river and Republic on the other.
Don Weitzman posted
The B&O roundhouse Cleveland Ohio

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Rick Fleischer posted
B&O Clark Ave. roundhouse, Cleveland, Oh. Part of it is still standing. It is home to Grand Trunk Western H-6a Mikado 4070, and Reading T-1 2100. Both are undergoing restoration for operation.
Wayne Horvath 80-foot turntable here. Ore trains for Republic Steel were handled by Mikados; as GP-9s were delivered, they were often teamed up with the Q4's.
William Ingham Wayne Horvath how did they get the T1 in/out of there with only an 80 foot turntable? Need at least a 100 foot turntable and a good engineer to turn a T1 with tender.
Richard Shulby William Ingham -Could it have been moved in after separation from tender? Common practice when doing heavier maintenance.
Lutz Racing 🚂 The Midwest Railway Preservation Society Gives Roundhouse Tours In The Summer, and Their Next Event Is 'Santa At The Roundhouse' November 30 - December 1 2019 & December 7&8 2019!!! 🚂 https://www.facebook.com/MidwestRailwayPreservationSociety/
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Street View, Oct 2022

Scotty Fahnestock posted four images with the comment: "The former B&O roundhouse Cleveland, Ohio today the Midwest Rail Preservation Society."
Jim Arc: The part being slowly renovated is owned by MRPS. The other part is owned by CSX, and leased by MRPS. Stall 2 is rented by the group restoring Reading 2100.
Paul Noble: The restoration of the 2100 is not far from being complete. Their website claims they only need $170,000 to finish. That's not much. Probably a year or two.
They could probably work out an agreement with CVSR to operate between Independence and Akron. CVSR, which operates on the former B&O CV&T branch runs right past the roundhouse. No expensive and logistically difficult deadhead moves over hostile freight railroads.
Jim Arc: Paul Noble ... CSX still owns the yard, and the track to the Willow wye.
Paul Noble: Jim Arc True. But it is a lot closer and easier than going a couple of hundred miles on foreign roads. CSX doesn’t give us any static about deadheading NKP 765 over that line.
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Tom Leunig posted ten photos with the comment: "Midwest Railway Preservation Society in Cleveland. This is the old B & O Railroad roundhouse.  They are restoring two steam locomotives."
Alec Frasier: 4070 is owned by MRPS. 2100 is owned by American steam.
Richie Morgan: Tom you have an address?
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Dennis DeBruler answered Richie's question
West side of 3rd Ave. a little south of I-490. https://goo.gl/maps/74T31WRFZ1chQ8Xs8

1 comment:

  1. I wonder where the roundhouse photos came from. Who took them? When were they taken?

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