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| Dan Nelson -> Toledo Area Railfans, used with permission |
Norfolk Southern got this NYC route when Conrail was split between NS and CSX. It is on the NYC "water level route" from New York to Chicago. According to Toledo Yards from Rail Fan Guides, 90 to 105 NS trains and 4 Amtrak trains use this per day. The navigation channel can accommodate Seaway boats at full draft.
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| Dan Nelson -> Toledo Area Railfans, used with permission |
Nathan Holth or Rick McOmber has an upstream elevation photo that is well worth a mouse click (or finger tap).
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| Brian Szemon posted NS 16G with one of their heritage units leading across the Maumee River swing bridge on the Chicago line in Toledo. |
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| Craig Hensley Photography posted Scenes from the Railroad Looking north towards Toledo is the swing bridge that spans the Maumee River on Norfolk Southern's Chicago line. Built in 1902 for the New York Central's water level route, it sure does carry some unique history. The NYC was merged into the Penn Central in 1968 which went bankrupt after just a few short years. It became under Conrail control in 1976 after the merger of sever defunct railroads including the PC. It remained a vital route to and from Chicago in the Conrail years before it was split up and sold to Norfolk Southern in 1999, where it has remained under NS ever since. High res image: https://www.craighensleyphotography.com/.../Sce.../i-DQrH49g |
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C. Hanchey, CC BY-NC 2.0
from Historic Bridges from Flickr
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| C. Hanchey, CC BY-NC 2.0, from Flickr |
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| Dan Nelson -> Toledo Area Railfans |
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| Dan Nelson -> Toledo Area Railfans |
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| Ken Clark -> Toledo Area Railfans |
Update: Michael Harding has a Flickr photo of a couple of NS heritage units coming off the bridge. It has another big boat sitting at Andersons River Elevator in the background.
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| Nick Dombi shared Dave Madison Collection, 1949 |
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Norfolk Southern Corp posted
Two Norfolk Southern intermodal trains pass at the Maumee River bridge in Toledo, Ohio. Eastbound on Main 2, train 206 (led by GE ES40DC #7538) originated at Chicago's 47th Street intermodal yard and is destined for the Bison intermodal ramp in Buffalo, New York. Norfolk Southern has 1,150 bridges in the Buckeye State. #RNCinCLE
J.r. Vickstrom Swing bridge. Built 1903. She's a tough ole girl. I'm the relief operator on thus very bridge.
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| Gregory Molloy posted 04/09/1964. Chesapeake & Ohio's "Sportsman" crossed the Maumee River moments after leaving Toledo Union Station on its run from Detroit and Toledo to Columbus and, ultimately, Newport News, Virginia. The "Sportsman was discontinued as a separate named train in 1968. My photo. [An older version of the Andersons River Grain Elevator is in the background.] |
The C&O owned the Hocking Valley route to Toledo where it joined the NYC/LSMS to cross this bridge and go to the Central Union Terminal. The passenger train must have used trackage rights to access Detroit.
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| 1952/54 Toledo and 1951/53 Rossford Quads @ 24,000 |
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| James Holloway posted Dont know where Will Chewning gave me this photo I think out east. Henry Freeman That engine was rebuilt from the President Adams in 1946 to run on the B&O's rebuilt heavyweight, streamlined train The Cincinnatian, which originally ran from Baltimore to Cincinnati. In 1950, the train was reassigned and ran between Cincinnati and Detroit. Would there have been a Great Lakes Terminal Warehouse in Detroit? Matthew S. Smith Yes that is a southbound (train for the B&O, heading for Deshler, via Rossford Yard) crossing the Maumee River on the NYC headed east (physical direction). Train just left Toledo Union station. Shot from Miami St. |
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| Matthew S. Smith commented on the above posting Not quite the same angle (hard to get with it all grown up now), but same spot.NS 64A light power crossing the Maumee River. |
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| Hugh Simpson posted Spent many a third shift talking to operator while a signal maintainer in Toledo, what fun. |
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| Mark Hinsdale posted Penn Central has a year and two days of existence left as a trio of units bring a mixed manifest train across the Maumee River swing bridge at Toledo OH on a sunny March 29, 1975. Photo by Mark Hinsdale Doug Hefty Maybe it's an optical illusion, but the stick rail looks almost kinked instead of bent! Troy Strane Some of Gulash's films from this era show some incredibly poor track conditions around Toledo back then. When the old auto racks are about to throw the top row of new cars onto their sides it's time to call in the tamper. Mark Hinsdale Yep. And this was the main! Can you imagine the secondary tracks? Michael Schwiebert And the NYC side was generally "better" than the PRR side - at least in western Ohio. |
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| MP Rail Photography posted NS intermodal 22K, with a BNSF leader, crosses the swing bridge over the Maumee River on the Chicago Line. The bridge is a Metal Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss Swing Bridge according to historicalbridges.org. The site also notes that this is a unique bridge because of its, "unusual modified double-intersection Warren truss configuration, present in both the swing span and the fixed approach spans." February 27, 2022 Power: BNSF 7417 - ES44DC NS 7678 - ES44DC Dennis DeBruler: A correct link: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ohio/toledorr1/[I can tell by the grain bins in the left background of the Andersons River Grain Elevator that this photo is facing Westish.] MP Rail Photography shared |
Craig Hensley Photography posted two photos with the comment:
Over the MaumeeAn eastbound intermodal train crosses the Maumee River on a beautiful fall morning in Toledo, Ohio. This stack train was a monster with 2 mid train DP and a lot of containers.Toledo, OH - October 2023View the high res version here: https://www.craighensleyphotography.com/.../Rai.../i-CV5G7Rg
Craig Hensley Photography shared
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| 1 of 7 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit Algoma Conveyor heading into Toledo with assistance from Tug Michigan and Cleveland. Andrew Dean Detroit shared |
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| Andrew Dean Detroit commented on his photo Had a good visit for sure! [So it was headed to the ADM grain elevator.] |
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| East Toledo Historical Society posted Circa 1900 photo of the New York Central Railway railroad bridge looking towards Toledo. On the right you can see the East Side Iron Elevator, Union Elevator Company, Boat Oar and Butter Tub Works, Navarre Avenue and Miami Street. Publisher: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Octagon Fad shared Dennis DeBruler shared |
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| Craig Hensley Photography posted Monochrome Monday A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train creeps across the Maumee River as they slowly work their way into Toledo, eventually coming to a stop just shy of the Toledo Amtrak station. The Chicago line was beginning to back up with westbounds and the Toledo dispatcher was trying her best to keep them all moving. Toledo, Ohio - October 2023 View the high res version here: [A new view of the Andersons grain elevator.] |
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| MP Rail Photography posted NS 11N crosses the Maumee River swing bridge as it comes into Toledo. July 4, 2024 Toledo, Ohio Power: NS 4483 - AC44C6M |
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| 0:17 video "Alpena on the Maumee River, coming through the Norfolk Southern swing bridge, 12/10/2023." |
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