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| Rick Fleischer posted Pennsylvania RR. roundhouse at Mingo Jct., Ohio. This was along the Ohio River. [Pennsy went north/south along the West side of the Ohio River. NS now owns this route.]
Blake Daulton posted
John Smith: wounder what they were doing in the RH to clear all the engines out of it ??
[I agree with Blake Daulton, that is a good question.]
Wayne Koch posted
Crestline Ohio.
Bill Neale The original picture is Mingo Junction. The brick part of the roundhouse is a common plan found at both locations, and at Columbus.
Bill Neale Also, just for fun... if you study the picture you will find about 20 decapods, one H10, and one Mountain. That motive power balance does not easily fit Crestline, but is perfect for Mingo. It is deffinitly Mingo. The added stalls were done on the "temporary end" of the older brick house were done during the WWII era to support the monsterous increase in traffic the war generated. Mingo Junction Ohio. Photo courtesy of Bob Waugh Bill Drotar Jr. What an image!! Any idea what year it was taken? Michael Gentis Judging by the locomotive fleet, I would say circa 1950. Philip Jackson That is a proper shed!! Well worth gricing. Terry B. Carlson Thanks, Philip. You taught me a new word today. I have never heard of "gricing". Philip Jackson In GB, a gricer is a trainspotter. Someone who collects engine numbers and will go to almost any lengths to get them, including trespassing to get into an engine shed. Hence I could say I have griced Schaffer’s Crossing!! (I wish🤣). Rick Shilling posted 1950 PRR Roundhouse, Mingo Junction, Ohio History of the Ohio Valley posted Paul Hillman: With so many idle locomotives parked outside, this could not have been a normal day. My guess would be either shortly after the steam locomotives were replaced by diesels but before they were sent to the scrap dealers. It could also be during a strike, or a serious downturn in business. In any case, what an awesome display of power and America's industrial might during this era. Rick Shilling: Paul Hillman It's my understanding that these Locomotives were idled because of the United Mine Workers Coal Strike of 1946. J Mike Wester shared Jeff Hill: Nothing under steam, nothing going on, and a lot of power setting around. Possibly the 1949 railroad strike? Joshua Mortus: 24 stalls, 18 outside. 42 staging tracks. This area would be neat to model.
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| Raymond Storey posted MINGO JUNCTION OHIO |
Phil Jadlowiec posted four photos with the comment: "Mingo Junction."
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Dave Kuntz posted four photos with the comment: "Some of the finest roundhouse footprints I have ever seen! We're at Mingo Junction at the Ohio/WV border. A barge in the distance carries its freight up the Ohio River. The Wabash bridge, still in use, is also barely visible. At the edge of this still active yard are spectacular remnants from the house of the steam locomotives that once worked here."
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