Cleveland, OH: W&LE Freight House, Railyard and Depot

Freight House: (Satellite, building is gone, address came from case.)

Railyard: (Satellite)

W&LE = Wheeling & Lake Erie

1953 is my typical year for topo maps in urban areas. But by 1953, NKP had already absorbed the W&LE. Since NKP's mainline also went through Cleveland, I used an older map to verify the W&LE routes. The freight house is marked by the red cross in the lower-right corner of this topo extract. The railyard is the one to the right of the "RIVERSIDE CEMETERY" label on the left side of the extract.

1903 Cleveland Quadrangle @ 1:62,500

While studying the railroad bridge next to the Carter Road Bridge in Cleveland, I found the following label on Google Maps.

Satellite

I soon determined that the label must be a mistake. It was the Erie railroad that was in the vicinity of this building, not the W&LE. So when I came across the correct address of the W&LE freight house (3959 E 93rd St. [case]), I wrote these notes to capture that information.

The caption on this photo caught my attention. Was this 93rd Street Station the main station for Cleveland or just a suburban stop? It is a rather old looking locomotive for a last passenger train.

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Last passenger train at East 93rd Street Station

The Central Viaduct went where I-90 now crosses the valley. [case, ClevelandHistorical, PressBooks] But I can't find a route of the W&LE that went far enough north to go under the Central Viaduct.

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Mainline in Cleveland, looking south under the Central Viaduct. Freight House visible on right.