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| Michael North posted Fostoria depot. |
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| Michael Morley commented on North's post 3/8/86 |
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| Seneca County Historical Society posted Then and Now – Here’s another set of photos comparing the view of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station at Fostoria, Ohio. The top image comes from a postcard mailed in 1911 and we’re looking west towards the station. We can see in the distance a train heading our way and it looks like it’s a passenger train making a stop at this station. There are people waiting along the tracks and also a cart for possibly mail or luggage. We can also see in the distance a couple of storefronts that were along Main Street in 1911, but they’re not there anymore in the current bottom photo. What really stands out in these photos is that the wide brick walkway on the right is gone and also those wonderful arched lamps that lighted the walkway. This must’ve been an awesome sight to see at night when the trains passed through. This station no longer serves as a passenger depot, but is now used by CSX as a maintenance facility. We’d like to thank Bill Hoffert Jr. for sharing this vintage postcard with us. |
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| Seneca County Historical Society posted Then and Now - Today, we’re comparing views of the Fostoria, Ohio railroad station that was constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This station opened at 500 S. Main Street in March 1907. The Baltimore and Ohio services ended in 1971, but Amtrak selected Fostoria to be a stop on the line of the “Broadway Limited” route in 1990. The “Broadway Limited” served the station between 1990 and 1995. On December 15, 1997, Amtrak again reactivated the stop for the “Three Rivers” route, but passenger service finally ended in 2005. The top vintage photo comes from an early 1900’s postcard. The bottom photo is how this view looks today and we’re happy to say that it doesn’t look like much has changed to the old Fostoria station in over 100 years. |
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| Thomas Bowers posted Fostoria, Oh. 1986 |
LE&W Depot
The railroad is abandoned.
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| Seneca County Historical Society posted Then and Now – Today, we’re comparing views of another train depot in Fostoria, Ohio. The top vintage image comes from a postcard that was postmarked in 1913 and it’s a view of the L. E. & W. (Lake Erie & Western) Depot. We found the following history on Wikipedia: The Lake Erie and Western main line extended from Sandusky, Ohio, 412 miles westward to Peoria, Illinois, passing through Fremont and Fostoria, Ohio, Muncie and Lafayette, Indiana, and Bloomington, Illinois. The LE & W Railroad was incorporated in Illinois, February 10, 1887. In 1900, the Lake Erie and Western came under the control of the New York Central Railroad. After operating it as a separate entity for two decades, the New York Central sold the Lake Erie and Western to the Nickel Plate in 1922. In the vintage postcard, we can see the locomotive with its passenger cars sitting at the station and passengers standing at the platform. This location was much busier back then than it is today. The bottom photo is a current view of how this area now looks. According to the “Fostoria Rail Preservation Society” website, this former depot is the home of the office of Fostoria Rail Preservation Society. Their group purchased the depot in March 2007 through grant funding from the Henry H Geary Jr. Memorial Foundation. If you love trains, you need to visit the “Iron Triangle” which allows you to observe trains passing through the city. Fostoria, known for its railroads, has approximately 100 trains pass through the city each day. Colin Kingery: What's the coordinates for this one? Dennis DeBruler: Colin Kingery https://maps.app.goo.gl/xK3DcXLgDRBfxNVH6 Jim Arc shared |
This is a better view of the bay window for the agent's desk.
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
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