Railroad Photos
of Columbus Ohio
This Page Revised
6/14/99
Buckeye Yard
- on the West side of town
Sept. 21, 1975 photo
* PC units
#7718, 3028, 2761 at the servicing facilities, "The
Docks"
Aug.2,1977 photos
* looking Southeast at
"The Pad" where engines await their next
assignment
( notice L&N Alco #1321 )
* a close-up
of Bangor & Aroostock GP7 #68
* an L&N
SD unit
* two
FP7a units set at the North end of the Facility
* a Southern
SD24? #6336 seen at the Yard's South end. SOU units
were
common in the late 1970's
.
.
Miscellaneous
Dates
* The Pad seen
three days later on Aug.5,1977
* The power for train
COTO moves around the yard; looking South
from Roberts
Road - July 19, 1989
* Visiting
SF Warbonnet #122 &
booster #326 are Pool Power
seen from Roberts Road Bridge - Dec. 1994
.
.
Feb. 1987
Tour of the Yard
My guide was a
(anonymous) Manager for Conrail. With the right
paperwork processed through Pittsburgh,
I was invited to tour the Facilities
at Buckeye Yard. Although I visited
the Hump & other offices I was ask
not to take interior photos there.
* a un-motored "Slug"
#1122 and its "Mother" #6954
SD38 .
slug #1122
was originally PRR RSD-12 #8677, then re# PC6877, and
became
a slug in July 1979 at PC's Collinwood Shop ( future NS 1111 )
* "the Pad" - the location where Engines are stored
awaiting for assignments
Here is
GP38-2 #8259, GP38-2
#8256,
3
ex-PC GP38-2 are #7945 7995 & 7984, another
ex-PC GP38-2 #7944,
Southern
GP35 #2686 rides on old Alco trucks,
Southern GP38-2 #5017,
SD40-2
#6493 with interior view of Electrical Cabinet
( a close-up ),
B23-7
#1969 with interior view of Control Stand
( a close-up ),
NS GP38-2
#5139
* one of many End-of-Train
Devices awaiting use
* the silver colored Cabinet contains the test
unit for locomotive cab signals
* looking West at ex-NYC GP9
#7366, GP9 #7481 (ex-EL
#1263),
SW7
#8893 ( ex-NYC ), GP9 #7462 (ex-NYC
), rebuilt GP8 #5457 has
a star on its cab indicating that its in a special maintenance study,
SW7
#9073 ( ex-PC ) sets on the unused wash track,
GP35 #2267
is seen being cannibalized for parts,
* looking North at GP38-2
#7941 ( new to PC ) setting outside the Shop
* 6 axle Slug #1108
began life as PRR RSD-12 #8663, later became CR#6863,
and was reborn as a slug Nov.1978 by GE in Cleveland. ( future NS #1105
)
* Southbound double stacked
train for the Honda Plant , note the tandem connection
* when the slug/mother team suddenly died
working on the Hump, these two consecutive
numbered
SD38's, head around the "Escape Track"
to resume the shoving
* ex-EMD Demo #1, now CR #6840, is the
second unit of this arriving Northbound
* looking West near Roberts Road at the small
Yard Tower
* GP38 #7923 (future CSX #1989 ) leads
B23-7 #1972 ( future CSX #3168 )
* some New Haven fan
has labeled ex-PC GP38 #7927 for their favorite "fallen flag"
* Conrail Trainman seen in this SBD
Cabose
* slug #1021 (originally
PRR RS11 #8005) was created in Aug.1979 by Altoona Shops
and later
retired by CR in Oct.1995; here we see it with mother GP10
#7589
( in 1997
#7589 became New York & Atlantic #201 )
.
.
Dec. 15, 1991
* Looking down from a
road overpass at GE Lease B39-8 LMX
#8549
* 1 of 157 C30-7 from 1977
for the SantaFe Railroad #8134
* NS C40-8
#8695 and C39-8 #8635 set
nearby
* B40-8 #5089
( future NS 4817 ) has a special company sign on
its nose that says
"Labor
/ Management Project : working together for safety, service, success"
* B40-8 #5089
seen from the rear
* two SD40-2 #6510
& 6410 will soon both become NS owned
* GP40 ex-B&O #4005 is seen in blue
paint but lettered as CSX #6580
* somewhat rare C39-8
#6001 will become CSX 7480 soon
.
.
Jan. 2,1993
Photos
* visiting NS
Power are C30-7 #8078 & C40-8 #8757
* visiting CSX
Power are C30-7 #7070 and
#7073
* Conrail C30-7A
#6599 ( to become NS #8111) and other units
* a train with C30-7A
#6589 ( future NS) and SD40-2 #6336 arrives
and
passes by a Hump shifter with a slug
.
.
Parsons Yard
- ex C&O Yard
on South Side of town
* C&O GP38
#4824 being turned on the Roundhouse Turntable - Oct.22, 1976
.
.
May 16, 1981 Color & B&W photos
of Diesels and structures ( non-steam )
* Chessie adopts an "Open House"
approach as the public invades the Yard for
steam
engine #614 visiting town. This afforded special opportunities
for photos.
Here C&O GP40-2 #4264 and C&O
B??? #8276 are seen. Switching nearby
was SD40 #7504 and GP30 #3020 .
* looking East from the Roundhouse toward
the old Coaling Tipples at several GP-7's
* a row of old GP-7's
waiting for service: #5789 , #5820
, #5893
* Two
C&O GP-40 ( #3785 & 4099 ) switch near the old
Water Tower ( to right )
Miscellaneous 1990's Dates
* slug CSX
#1026 is seen on the service track in blue & gray paint - Mar.25,
1989
* looking toward some of the yard's
office buildings - Mar. 25,1989
* BQ23-7 CSX#3008
is a strange looking unit ( ex-SCL 5138) - April 2, 1990
* a strange painted "Safety
Caboose" seen Dec. 1, 1991
for
the story behind this paint scheme see C&OHS
magazine of Nov.91 page 29
* ex-D&H GP39-2 is now
CSX4300, seen in old gray & orange - Jan.11,1992
* Pete Snyder took this photo of CSX
SD50 #8533 - Jan.1992
* a great find was catching CSX
#6573 still in WM red & white ,
also present that
day was GP30M
#4221 - April 4,1992
* old Yard Office
know as "High Tower" ( now gone
) - Mar.1993
* sister C30-7 units set ready for service;
CSX#7077 &
#7076 - May 1993
* CSX #1523
is one of just a few GP15 that I've ever seen - May 1993
Miscellaneous photos
around Columbus
* B&O Train BO85
is seen passing the East Columbus Tower
- Aug.2, 1977
* Summit
Tower known as SI located about 16 miles East of
Columbus - Aug.2, 1977
* N&W #6089 SD40
at the Joyce Ave. Yard - Aug.2, 1977
* this SD45 is
in older blue paint. Its
sister unit 1776 was painted for the bi-centennial .
* several GP9's
are moved around the Joyce Ave. yard - Aug.2, 1977
* PC Grain Train in
the old Yard B near the Alum Creek
Tower - Feb. 28, 1976
Union Station area
and downtown
* PC Wreck
Train in storage in the Union Station trackage -
Nov. 16, 1975
* the Passenger boarding area
showing the tracks and the
steps to street level
* a view of the rear of the Columbus
Union Station - Nov. 16, 1975
.
Amtrak Station
* Amtrak
Train #31 arrives 4 hours late at the "Temporary Station" ( polebarn
).
This train will pull past the Station, then backup in order
to get closer to the
platform. This Station was about half a mile from
the old Union Station.
Notice the Tower to the right of this close-up.
- Aug. 2, 1977
* Amtrak #447 an
E8a ( ex- PRR 5790, PC 4250, AMTK 277, built 1952 )
and #475 an E9b ( ex- MILW 205B,
re# MILW 35B, next re# AMTK 452,
built April 1956 )
* Train #31 passes
demolition crews as the final piece of Union
Station is being
razed. - Aug.2, 1977
- A crane chips away the base until the Smoke Stack
begins to lean.
- The chimney's weight causes the bricks
to separate from the base as it advances
- across the ground. A view of the
dust cloud aftermath.
* the other Amtrak
train is seen at the Station sometime in Aug.1977
. E8a #439
( ex- RF&P #1007, then re# AMTK 216 ) is seen at
night taking fuel as the
Train's cars are watered.
.
Scioto Tower
* Conrail Westbound crosses
the Scioto River as it approaches the Tower
- July 29, 1977
* Eastbound with CR2362
passing Scioto Tower - Aug.2, 1977
* a look at the
Board inside the tower, also a
close-up of this board
* Conrail Train #WVI-5 moves
West past the old T&OC Station,
just East of Scioto Tower ( lead engine
is #2725 and the colorful second unit
is a CN EMD )
* a Southbound
C&O passing the tower with units #7506 & 7517 - Aug.2,
1977
