Post by Randy on Sept 11, 2009 23:02:10 GMT -5
I must confess, my main obsession is with trains. This walkover bridge was built over the railroad yard in Conneaut Ohio back in the 1920s by the Nickel Plate Railroad. See, the yards were so busy, they cut off the north side of town from the south side of town. The railroad had a complex of railroad repair shops on the north side of the yards. People would have to walk over the bridge to get to work.
In later years this bridge became redundant and went into miss use.
I used to climb the stairs and spend hours on this bridge watching trains. In the late 1980s it was torn down. I took these pics with my old 120 Hobiflex.
Three blocks east of the yards was the Dispatcher's Office, here the railroad was dispatched by radio. In the 1970s the Dispatcher was moved to Brewster Ohio and the office in Conneaut became redundant. A few years earlier, the roundhouse, the shops, and the coaling tower were demolished. On the right in the photo you see a boxcar sitting on a siding next to a dock. This was the team track where local industries without their own siding could bring trucks to unload or load their wares. In the left of the photo, there is an expanse of empty property. That is where the freight house and passenger station used to be. The Dispatcher's Office was torn down not long after the photos were taken. Norfolk & Western took over the NKP through merger in 1964 and slowly did away with jobs and physical plant. You see, Conneaut is governed by some individuals that would rather tax business than help them grow so they will keep people working. So buildings that tax is charged on are torn down.
In later years this bridge became redundant and went into miss use.
I used to climb the stairs and spend hours on this bridge watching trains. In the late 1980s it was torn down. I took these pics with my old 120 Hobiflex.
Three blocks east of the yards was the Dispatcher's Office, here the railroad was dispatched by radio. In the 1970s the Dispatcher was moved to Brewster Ohio and the office in Conneaut became redundant. A few years earlier, the roundhouse, the shops, and the coaling tower were demolished. On the right in the photo you see a boxcar sitting on a siding next to a dock. This was the team track where local industries without their own siding could bring trucks to unload or load their wares. In the left of the photo, there is an expanse of empty property. That is where the freight house and passenger station used to be. The Dispatcher's Office was torn down not long after the photos were taken. Norfolk & Western took over the NKP through merger in 1964 and slowly did away with jobs and physical plant. You see, Conneaut is governed by some individuals that would rather tax business than help them grow so they will keep people working. So buildings that tax is charged on are torn down.