Towns and Nature: Piqua, OH: Pennsy (Panhandle) and B&O/CH&D Depots and Junction Tower

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Piqua, OH: Pennsy (Panhandle) and B&O/CH&D Depots and Junction Tower

Pennsy+B&O Depot: (Satellite, it was in the northwest quadrant of the tracks (today's river's Edge Trail) and Wayne Street. I found this on the detailed topo map at the bottom of these notes.)

B&O Depot: (Satellite, I found this on the aerial photo below.)

Tower: (Satellite, according to the aerial photo below, it was in the northwest quadrant of the crossing. Back then, the road bent and was further North.)

Panhandle Overview

CH&D = Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton

Note that the Pennsy tracks used to be elevated through town.

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"Built 1914, Penn Station at 110 N. Wayne was the largest passenger depot in the area. It closed in 1960 and was demolished in 1969."

Originally, CH&D had the Piqua & Troy Branch so that it could share Pennsy's depot and serve some industries in town. When the Pennsy elevated its tracks, the B&O built its own depot by its mainline. [jonroma]

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This must have been the Pennsy depot before the tracks were elevated.

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The original depot was built in 1893 and moved to Union City, IN, in 1912. [west2k]

This is the "shack" that B&O built when they had to move out of the Pennsy station.

Bill Haines posted three photos with the comment: "This location is Piqua Crossing on the east side of Piqua, OH where the B&O Toledo Div crossed the PRR Columbus-Chicago main. The train is No. 53 and is making a station stop at the small shelter which replaced the B&O depot. There's now a shopping mall on the right. The road you see has been moved to the south and the former PRR right of way is now a trail. The tower, where I spent many hours as a kid and later worked as an operator, was torn down in the late 80s or early 90s. These pics were taken by the late Doug Vogler in Oct 1965."