Depot: (Satellite)
Pennsy Railyard: (Satellite, most of the tracks are now gone)
PFW&C = Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
CA&C = Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
The tower has been moved across the PFW&C tracks.
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| Orrville Railroad Heritage Society [Note the signaling pipelines. Not just in the foreground, but also on the far side of the Pennsy tracks.]
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Lee Soule posted five photos with the comment: "Orrville, Ohio (preserved) Interlocking Tower (blt 1899) next to shared passenger terminal (blt 1868). Open to the public."
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Lee's post The tower was originally south of the PFT&C tracks. |
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| ORHS-tower |
They are loading trucks from covered hoppers. I found this transloading operation while looking for traces of the roundhouse. Just because a track is buried in the weeds, that does not mean it is no longer used. This is obviously an active transload facility.
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They did a good job of removing the roundhouse and its turntable.
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I really am spoiled by the street car drivers in Illinois. I can't believe the Orrville driver stayed on Market Street and did not go down Depot Street.
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| Street View |
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Note the coaling tower on the horizon.
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| Rich Shilling posted I believed this post card is looking East with Orrville Milk Company on left . B Tupper Upham: Taken from the W&LE bridge looking east (north on the CA&C). Thomas Wentzel shared |
I don't think the postcard is a colorized photo. The artist may have based this "interpretation" of the scene on a photo taken from the NKP/W&LE Bridge, but the NKP/W&LW track along the right side of the postcard does not match the topo map.
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| 1961 Orveille Quad @ 1:24,000 |
This might have been the footprint of the coaling tower. According to a historical aerial, there was a roundhouse east of here.
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| Rick Shilling posted 1920's aerial view of railroad layout of Orrville, Ohio. Steve LaConte: W&LE depot on the right. Original W&LE main line until Brewster became the main terminal. |
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| Rick Shilling posted This shows Orrville, OH interlocking tower on right, passenger station behind cannon and buildings that sat along Depot St. When I was born our family lived at 130 Depot St. It's the building you see left of cannon that has upstairs railing on it. |
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| Rick Shilling posted Photo looking West between S.Vine and McGill St on Wheeling and Lake Erie/Nickle Plate Railroad Orrville, Ohio. B Tupper Upham: When was the Brewster cut-off built? 1913-ish? Steve LaConte: After the roundhouse burnt to the ground at Norwalk. The W&LE then realliagned the line and formed the town of Brewster to move the new shops. I believe around 1909. |
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| Rick Shilling posted 1911 map of Orrville,Ohio showing different railroad lines through here and railyard layout. |
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| Mike Franks commented on Rick's map post I flipped it so North is up. Makes more sense to me. |
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| Rick Shilling posted This was Orrville, OH freight station that was across tracks from passenger station. It was at corner of Pine and McGill Streets. Interlocking tower was West of here or to the right. |
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| Rick Shilling posted Northbound on C.A.& C. Railroad out of Orrville,OH. Passenger station on left with interlocking tower behind station to right. |
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| Rick Shilling posted 1963 PRR derailment just West of Main St, Orrville, Ohio. Valve on tank car carrying grain alcohol broke off prompting citizens to grab jugs and bottles to capture liquor before police secured area. [A nice view of the watchman's tower that controlled the crossing gates. A comment indicates the tank car was spilling high-proof bourbon.] |
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| Rick Shilling posted Another photo of Orrville, Ohio round house and turntable. |
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