Lodi, OH: 1882,1904,1909 Museum/Nickel Plate Depot

(Satellite, 44 photos)

This Nickel Plate route was originally owned by the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (W&LE), and it is now owned by the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WE).

I found this depot while I was looking on a satellite map for a B&O Bridge.

Street View, Mar 2023

Jack Gallo, May 2021

 

Jack Gallo, May 2021

 

It has the expected bay window for the agent's desk. The overpass in the background is CSX/B&O.

Street View, Sep 2021

Recently, they did a lot of work to restore the depot.

Street View, Jul 2014

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The W&LE depot was built in 1882 and expanded in 1904 and then again in 1909.

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The depot shrunk in 1977 when a crossing accident shoved a propane truck into the west end of the building. N&W was still using the building as a MoW facility, so they removed the damaged portion and built a new wall.
In May 1990, NS sold much of the old W&LE, and some other routes, to form the new W&LE. The new W&LE donated the depot to a non-profit in 2008.