Saturday, September 18, 2021

TT: Toledo Terminal Railroad Overview



East Toledo Historical Society posted
Toledo Terminal Railroad promotional map. This was intended to lure industry to locate along the loop they own and service, around Toledo and the area.
John Pavlica Jr.: 1909, when Toledo was the biggest growing city in the USA, due to railroads, glass, and natural gas.

safe_image for Toledo’s circular railroad
[The article has a link to a PDF of the complete map]
Doug Tagsold: The east side of the TT loop was double track. Orders for trains were to run “direction A” counter (clockwise), or “direction B” ( counter clockwise), rather than East or west ( or north or south, to various points on the line. The trains did not run in circles.


 

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