[quote="nycstlrr"]Vernon Jct is very visable, I live a few miles from there.
We found the Vernon Jct. tower foundation, just after a very long CSX train (with three UP units + CSX unit) passed. But what are the concrete foundations on the other side of the ex-NYC line?
The ROW is visible for almost the whole way.
Actually we lost the r-o-w in several spots between just south of Tiro and Vernon Jct. It appears to have been plowed under by local farmers.
If you get on Stein Road, you will have a great view of the tree lined ROW.
We were there--checked out the neat concrete bridge just NE of the Stein Road/SR 314 intersection. What is that sign all about at the south end of this bridge?
Hummel road still has a bridge standing it is now a driveway.
I don't see Hummel Road on the DeLorme.
Let me know when you hit the area, I may be able to show you some things.
Dang, seems you wrote your note at about the time we were heading back to my friend's place in Bowling Green.
Tiro would be a place to visit. There is a PRR boxcar on the ground there and a lot of other things around.
Saw the PRR boxcar. What else is at Tiro?
I cross the ROW 4 times a day myself. I always look both ways when I cross. A lot of history there.
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If anyone wants more information on this or railfanning in Mansfield or Shelby let me know. Mansfield is about dead anymore. I lived there for 15 years and the traffic now really stinks!!!! You can count on a 12v and 13V everyday along with 68J and 69J. C27 and C37 are locals along with a few coal trains that run through every once in a while. Far cry from the Conrail days.
We caught a solid e/b gon train behind two NS units and a BNSF pumpkin on the Fort Wayne Line at the SR 314 xing. Any idea as to this train's symbol?
From here we parked at the SR 39 bridge and walked the service road west to the signals. Where was Toledo Jct. in relation to these signals? All we could see up ahead (west) was trees, no grade (Toledo Branch) cutting off northward. Maybe we didn't go far enough west.
Shelby has 20 or more trains a day going through, plus there are 2 Ashland Railway trains during the week. They do switching at the industrial park so they are easy to catch.
We spotted an orange and white switcher, #66--whose is this?
We found the Oak Street Yard, now apparently called "Mansfield Yard" by NS, based on a sign. Neat little yard. Power tied up at its west end, along with a CR bay window caboose.
Also at Mansfield, we found the B&O station, B&O/Erie xing and B&O/PRR xing. Not sure about the Erie/PRR xing. Was this just east of what is now NS' Diamond Street MofW bldg (is this an ex Erie structure?)? Is the diamond gone? If so, how does the Ashland go from the B&O station area, cross the PRR, then access its line heading northward (by compass) to reach its namesake town?
Other odds and ends...
Found the tower foundation at New Washington (STACK). This must have been a small tower, perhaps a one-story affair?
On the way down caught W&LE action at Carey, as well as a CSX train bringing in empty stone cars. On the return caught a s/b CSX train on the Toledo Branch with three UP units plus one CSX at Galatea. We thought he was waiting for an e/b CSX piggyback train to cross but after it did, he still did not move. I wonder if he was holding to wait for President Bush's motorcade to pass by?
Jeff