Sugarcreek, OH: OHCR/N&W/WLE Roundhouse and Age of Steam Museum

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OHCR = Ohio Central Railroad

Actually, the roundhouse is OHCR because it wasn't built until the 21st Century. But it was built next to a Wheeling & Lake Erie route.

Photo, Feb 2019

PJ Kovach posted
The Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, OH. The roundhouse holds the private collection of Jerry Jacobson, former owner of the Ohio Central Railroad. Jerry passed in 2017, but the museum continues his passion of collecting, restoring, and preserving steam locomotives. Tours are offered, and I highly recommend taking one if you get the opportunity to do so.
[When I could not get any street views, I realized the roundhouse is out in the country. When I could not find it on topo maps, I realized that it must be a new building. A comment verifies the roundhouse is new. It was built by Amish craftsmen with wood.]
PJ Kovach: It's a beautiful building. They really paid attention to detail and reproduced an old time roundhouse.
Dennis DeBruler: Using Google Earth, I determined that it was still a field in Oct 2006, the tracks were laid by Aug 2009, the turntable was done by Dec 2010, the roundhouse was done by Nov 2011, the southern auxiliary building was up by Sep 2013 and the northern one existed in Sep 2015.

Roger Durfee posted
I had a presentation at the Age of Steam Roundhouse this past weekend, so sent the bird up for a few photos before the show. This 18 stall facility is probably one of the newest roundhouses in the world, having been finished in 2011. It houses some of the steam collection of the late Jerry Joe Jacobson, founder of the Ohio Central System Railroad. It's a beautiful facility and well worth a visit. Some of the diesel part of the roster resides outside and includes Alco RS3s, Fairbanks Morse H12-44s, and an assortment of EMD models. Sugarcreek, Ohio, 10-12-2024.

Patrick Crawford commented on PJ's post

Jerry Rippel, May 2019

Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum posted
This view is common place for the worker that needs to perform preventive maintenance and inspections under the EMD SW-9 diesel switcher. This pit is of a nice depth of around 50" to allow easier access to the tight areas that will need attention. Mounted flush in the pit walls are lights for safety and illumination of the work area.

Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum posted two photos with the comment: "After a good scrubbing and drying our Coach 5499 is getting her first coats of paint by our hard working backshop crew, something about a new coat of paint always brings a feeling of satisfaction!"

Thomas Wentzel shared

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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum posted three photos with the comment: "Tonight is the big night at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum for our Winter Speaker Series and locomotive #9 is polished and ready as well. We ask for those attending the event to please first check into the visitors center depot. We're very excited to be having Len Brown and his team as our guests and we look forward to seeing everyone tonight starting at 6 p.m. covering the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster."

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A video of a steam engine coming out of its stall