Dayton, OH: CSX/B&O/CH&D Railyards and Roundhouse

Old Yard: (Satellite, today it is green+brown land)

New Yard: (Satellite)  The 2005 SPV and Google Maps label it as Needmore

CH&D = Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton

Rick Shilling posted
1955 B&O Roundhouse and Turntable Dayton,Ohio
Gary Lykins: Looks like the one we had in Willard Ohio.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Rick's post
They filled in the roundhouse pits with dirt so that part of the foundation is now green whereas the concrete floor is grey.
https://www.google.com/.../@39.766988,-84.../data=!3m1!1e3

All of the  B&O routes in the Dayton area were the CH&D, and it had four spokes. According to early 20th Century topo maps, the north/south spokes were the Detroit Line (Erie shared the southern spoke.) and the eastern spoke was the Wellston Division. The western spoke was not labelled. This topo excerpt shows that the eastern spoke turned north and then entered town along the Big Four tracks. The label "LINE" in the lower-left corner identifies the southern spoke. The western spoke is the curved line just above the "LINE" label.

1913 Waynesville and 1906 Dayton Quads @ 1:62,500

I zoomed in to show how the northern spoke came down and joined the eastern spoke in the downtown area. The northern spoke still exists and is the track just west of Keowee Street. Both B&O spokes, the Big Four and the Erie north of the Big Four become the Dayton Union through town. Today, both CSX and NS share this DU route through town.

1913 Waynesville and 1906 Dayton Quads @ 1:62,500

I normally research railyards using the 1:24,000 topo maps that the USGS created in the 1950s. But I could not find the Needmore Yard that was marked on the 2005 SPV. So I looked in the downtown area and found the B&O yard that had the roundhouse. This excerpt shows a connection was added between the eastern and northern spokes. Because the weird bends still exist in 2nd Street, I was able to determine that the roundhouse was at the end of Stainton Ave. Note that Eastwood Lake didn't exist in 1955.

1955 Dayton North Quad @ 1:24,000

By 1965, the Needmore Yard had been built so that trains using the downtown bypass could easily access the yard. This yard is a rare example of a Class I yard that still has most of its tracks and is still used for carload traffic rather than intermodal traffic.

1965 Dayton North Quad @ 1:24,000