Olney, IL: B&O and IC Depots

B&O: (Satellite)

IC: (Satellite)

Kerry Holtz posted two photos with the comment: "The B&O depot in Olney, Illinois."

Robert Karl Bullard: I question that the bottom photo is the B&O in Olney. Possibly the IC in Olney.

Marty White: Robert Karl Bullard you are correct

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The IC did street running on Kitchell Street.

1949/49 Olney Quad @ 62,500

The B&O depot was probably the rectangle north of the tracks and west of Whittle Ave. In this excerpt, North Street is along the top and Fair Street is along the right side. I think the rectangle that was east of Whittle Ave. and west of Fair Street was the freight house.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

I had to include more around the IC depot because the Hurn Lumber Company has changed that area a lot. The track in the city park is a good anchor between then and now. West Street is along the left and Chestnut Street is along the bottom. I think the rectangle in the northeast quadrant of Butler Street and Kitchell Ave. was the IC depot. The buildings that were on the land now occupied by the City Fire Department were probably the grain elevator in the IC depot photo.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Seymour, IN: Junction (JO) Tower: B&O vs. Pennsy and Chessie/C&O Caboose

Tower: (Satellite, based on Photos 3 and 4 below.)

Caboose: (Satellite)

Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment:

B&O/PRR "JO" tower (Seymour)

St Louis Division

Seymour,Indiana

This tower is no longer standing

Tim Shanahan shared

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[Note the Pennsy positional light signals in this and the following photo. Also because of the buildings in the background the Contrail train is heading geographically South. That put the tower in the southeast quadrant.]

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Street View, Jun 2023

1958 Seymour Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 via Dennis DeBruler

Point Pleasant, WV: B&O Depot

(Satellite)

I picked this older view because it had less vegetation in the way.

Street View, Sep 2013

This is the most recent view.

Street View, Aug 2025

I've come to think of "activist investor" as a euphemism for robber baron. And this depot is another demonstration that management doesn't like "wasting" money on maintenance. CSX has no pride.

Tucker McLaughlin, Aug 2025

Doug Bess posted three photos with the comment: "More photos of the B&O District Run 1 with B&O #9245. Comments on captions."

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9245 shoving cut of cars up to the NYC interchange.

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9245 running past the switch to the NYC interchange.
[The stairs and door in this photo is consistent with Tucker's photo above. So back in the B&O days, it had a nice paint job.]
Doug Bess posted
B&O District Run 1 with B&O caboose C1927 at Point Pleasant, WV. I took this photo in 1967.
Edward Kwiatkowski shared

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9245 behind Point Pleasant depot after finishing up a day's work.

Doug Bess commented on his post about the caboose
Here is a photo I took in 2015 at about the same location as the one I took in 1967.

Karl Scheich commented on Doug's post about the caboose
Here’s a recent photo from 2020, I worked out of Parkersburg WV as a CSX Carman, we would come here to repair freight cars with our line of road truck.

Doug's reference to NYC tracks made me wonder about what NYC was doing this far south. According to the 2005 SPV Map, it was two NYC subsidiaries. It was Toledo & Ohio Central (TOC) to the West, and the Kanawaha & Michigan (K&M) to the East. The bridge across the Ohio River was owned by both TOC and K&M. The C&O route that TOC joins was the Hocking Valley (HV). And according to the 2005 SPV Map, the NYC route is now owned by NS. (Of course, the C&O/HV and B&O routes are now owned by CSX.)

1958/60 Gallipolis Quad @ 24,000

I've noticed that this map doesn't do a good job of showing a route that is shared by NS and CSX. Today, it is NS that uses the HV route north of Point Pleasant.

National Rail Network Map

Rockwood, PA: B&O Depot and Lost Junction (RW) Tower

Depot: (Satellite)

Tower: (Satellite)

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad Depot in the town of Rockwood, Somerset County in 1908.
David Demsey shared
Darren Reynolds shared with the comment: "B&Os "RW" tower in Rockwood, Pennsylvania."

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad Depot, Roundhouse and Tower in Rockwood, Somerset County in 1908.
David Demsey shared

The depot was across the river from downtown.

1968/71 Rockwood Quad @ 24,000

The bridge across the wye and Casselman River was a connection between the B&O and Western Maryland.

Satellite

It must have been built after 1908 or I think it would show in the photo at the top. This is the oldest topo map I could find, it it already existed.

1921/21 Meyersdale Quad @ 62,500

The branch to the North goes to Johnstown.

1958

Columbus, OH: B&O (GN) (CP Camp) Junction Tower: B&O vs. Pennsy vs. NYC vs. Big Four

(Satellite)

The 2005 SPV Map labels this junction CP Camp.   

Darren Reynolds posted four images with the comment:

B&Os "GN" tower (Columbus)

West Broad St.,Columbus, Ohio

This tower is no longer standing

Tim Shanahan shared

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A lot of tracks have been removed to make rooom for three highways through this area.

1955/56 West Columbus Quad @ 24,000

The tower was west of the B&O track and just south of McKinley Ave.

Mar 1, 1953 @ 18,000; AR1XM0000010170

The B&O route to the south is now owned by IORY. This map shows the IORY terminating at Sullivant Ave. But a satellite map shows the tracks continue north and now join the NS/Pennsy tracks.

National Rail Network Map

Louisville, IL: Lost/B&O Depot

(Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted

B&O Depot, Louisville, Illinois.

Photo of the former B&O Southwestern at the small town of Louisville, Illinois.

This town is located on the B&O branch that ran from Beardstown to Shawneetown, Illinois. The B&O referred to this town as Louis so as to avoid any confusion with Louisville, KY. Very little trace of this line exists here today. Photo taken 5/20/68 by Barry Lennon

The grain elevator on the left is where  the bins in the above photo used to stand.

Street View, Jul 2024

This is the elevator that is in the right background of the above view.

Street View, Sep 2023

Given the cross street in Andy's photo, I think it is the rectangle that was south of the tracks and west of Chestnut Street.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Chicora, PA: Lost/B&O/BR&P Depot

(Satellite, the fire station has repurposed the land.)

Stanley Short posted
The abandoned Baltimore & Ohio depot at Chicora, PA on Aug. 24, 1979.

Jason Miller: The train still runs past it daily. It doesn’t stop in Chicora anymore. It has a dedicated run to the oil refinery in Petrolia and Karns City. I am guessing that it was demolished around 1990. The fire department owns the property now.

It was on the B&O's Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh. Specifically, on the route between Butler and Mt. Jewett. On this map, Chicora is between Butler and Karns City.

1958 via Dennis DeBruler

That route has become an industrial spur to the two petroleum product plants.

gwrr_bprr via Dennis DeBruler

Baltimore, MD: 1935-2005 GM/Chevy Assembly Plant

(Satellite)

John Sery posted four images with the comment: "In Chuck McAbee's response to industrialmodel's post about B&O auto parts train 396, he mentioned GM's Baltimore assembly plant. That remined me of a field trip that my Jr. High School shop class took to visit that facility on Broening Highway in 1965. Highlight was seeing the car engines drop down from a second floor to mate with the car chassis below. I still have the booklet from that trip that I have scanned if you are interested! You can see the plant service tracks on the cover photo and the text mentions that approximately 70 railroad cars served the plant daily."

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BaltimoreMagazine
"vehicle production was halted for four years at Broening highway as 'rosie the riveters' built fuselages for U.S. Aircrafts during World war II. Courtesy of GM ARCHIVES"

This area was dominated by Pennsy, but the post was in a B&O group, and it appears that B&O did have a tendril that snaked its way down to this plant.

1966/67 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

By comparing the topo maps, we can see the differences made because of the 1962 expansion mentioned in the brochure.

1953/53 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

Nappanee, IN: Open Door/B&O Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2025

Gary Hostetter posted
This is a photo of the B&O station in Nappanee, Indiana. The station was built in 1910 and while not being used these days, the station is still there near the center of town after being restore a few years ago. Nappanee was a station stop for the Capitol Limited and remained a stop for Amtrak for at least 30 years. The Amish buggy parking lot can barely be seen in this photo behind the station.

Charles Wingate commented on Gary's post
beginning of May this year [2026]

Street View, May 2023

NappaneeOpenDoor
[The webpage won't allow me to copy&paste their description of what they do. The city maintains the depot for this non-profit charity organization.]