Nostalgia & History > Conrail units at Hudson,Oh -- Dec 78

This is the ex-Pennsy station at Hudson,Ohio.
Looking east - the Pittsburgh line is to the left while the line south
to Akron,Orrville etc. is to the right.
I believe the Akron line is not being used and was considered for
Akron-Cleveland commuter service at one time.
Hudson is about 13 miles north of Akron and 23 south of Cleveland.

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Nice shot of my home turf these days! That's an empty ore train(probably from Mingo Jc)on the Cleveland line with two ex Erie Lackawanna SDP-45's and a SD-45-2, also ex EL. I would guess that's COMY(old OM-8) over on the west leg of the Akron Branch "Y" judging by the power and time of day.The station had an operator and a "Servo" readout, and was a common crew change point in those early CR days.
The station remains standing today, although boarded up. I "spin power" on what's left of the "Y" on a regular basis. The Akron Branch is OOS 1500 ft south of the Y switch, and all switches are hand throws with dispatcher permission. Hudson is no longer an interlocking, there are no crossovers, and all signals are gone from this location- and the place is overgrown with trees.
Thanks for the look back...

RAD

ps: any shots of that ore train???

CRmac80 Wrote:
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> I would guess
> that's COMY(old OM-8) over on the west leg of the
> Akron Branch "Y" judging by the power and time of
> day.


I'm assuming that the COMY came off the Fort Wayne Line at Orrville? I ask that because I grew up next to the CA&C(just north of Columbus)and am interested in the segments of the line and how long they remained viable, etc..

A little bit closer.

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