Galion, OH: CSX/Big Four Depot

(Satellite; Street View, street side; Street View, track side)

Galion had four spokes. The north, west, and south spokes were Big Four. The east spoke was Erie, and Erie shared the west spoke to Marion, OH with the Big Four. CSX now owns the Big Four spokes and the east spoke has been abandoned.

Ron Amore posted
Big Four Railroad Depot-1906 or 1908 Galion, Ohio

Scott Love posted
Galion's New York Central Depot, pictured here I believe in the 1960's. Thanks to Jack Harpst for pointing out one of the vehicles as a 1964 Ford Falcon. Thankfully this wonderful building still stands. Members of the Galion Model Railroad group have been given an assignment to make a 4X8 layout for the Depot. That model layout will hopefully be displayed and operational in May at a Depot Open House.

Stu Nicholson posted

Big Four Depot at Galion, Ohio. Galion is a small city, but the New York Central Railroad made it a Division Office, hence the upper floors and a long platform and freight house.

The community has invested heavily to restore the depot and that work continues. Currently, CSX train roll past the depot on what is still a busy mainline between Indianapolis and Cleveland.

Ron Amore posted
1958 aerial view of the Big 4 Depot in Galion, Ohio.

I was going to pass up this photo because it looked like just yet another railfan photo of a train. And then I read the comments and took a closer load. It looks like it is full of transformers!

Ron Amore posted
Southbound Conrail thru Galion,OH by the Big 4 Depot. 1980`s or so.
John Penca Road men’s night mare !!!!Thomas Priebe HIGH & WIDE, NO PASSING TRAINS ,SIDINGS WITH CARS !John Penca Generally a grueling 12 hoursBud Ramkey Got a lot of them. But never had a bad trip with one on the B4. Get it at Marion or Galion, make it to Wellington and nose into the siding, let one get by and then run for Rockpit. We had some GREAT dispatchers on third trick that made it all happen for us.Michael Cogdill That's back when they wanted to run trains.Bud Ramkey Shippers even wish Conrail was still alive. A lot of comments have been made after the NS took over. I am sure on the CSX side too.

Ron Amore posted
Big 4 Depot in Galion, OH. 1950's photo.

Ron Amore posted
South bound past the Big 4 Depot in Galion, Ohio

Ron Amore posted
Old postcard of the Big 4 Depot in Galion, OH

Ron Amore posted
Big 4 Depot in Galion, OH

Ron Amore posted
1908 postcard of the Galion, OH Big 4 Depot

Ron Amore posted
1915, the Big 4 Depot in Galion, OH
Brian Carson Wow, that platform was really long then!

Ron Amore posted
Northbound thru Galion, OH past the Big 4 Depot
Dennis Smith I rode these trains when Rock Island RR had them ,Boy they were rough riders.
Charlie Easton Are you sure it wasn't the track and not the train? Using the words "Rock" and "Island" in the same sentence kind of gives that away! Haha
Stuart Pearson Charlie Easton those of us who rode them on the Rock Island called them "Old Shake~Rattle & Roll! It had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Track Conditions.
Charlie Easton We know they rode rough but so did the Rock.