The Big Four depot and freight house is extant.
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| MP Rail Photography posted NS 426, a train of coke loads, crosses over the Olentangy River in Delaware, Ohio. April 14, 2024 Delaware, Ohio Power: NS 8169 - ES44AC MP Rail Photography shared |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on the above share This was a former Pennsy route. The Pennsy did cross the river in Delaware, OH, but a satellite image showed that it no longer had any tracks. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1Hj8z5hmh9BptMvVA) Zooming out on a topo map shows that Pennsy had built a freight bypass around the town. That bypass not only keeps it out of the flood plain, it avoids the grades of going down to the river and backup from the river. Your photo does a good job of catching the embankment that was necessary to help cross the river. (I see that the Big Four also had a freight cutoff east of town.) 1924 Delaware Quad @ 24,000 |
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| A higher resolution copy of the topo map |
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