Nostalgia & History > Tuesday Two - Muskingum Electric

krm152 asked for information on the Muskingum Electric, so here are a couple Muskingum Electric photos from June 1982. These were both taken south of Cumberland, Ohio. Electric railroads sometimes put their poles at an angle, and this is shown here.
Image one: Muskingum Electric 100.
Image two: Muskingum Electric 200.
Bob



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/17 17:54 by refarkas.

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Great shots!

What did the large symbol on the sides of the coal hoppers look like?

Sorry. I have no idea what the symbol was.
Bob

They were set up for automated train operation, but #100 has a man in the "engineer's" seat. Did they go to manned train operation at one time? Did the railroad have any "at grade" public road crossings? Was Southern Pacific somehow involved in the power company?

I believe that they put someone in the cab for a "just in case" reason. They did cross SR83 about halfway through their route. Their shops were close to that location. I have a picture of one of the cars I will post shortly.

Electric Railroads canted their poles to counteract the pull of the overhead and obviate the need for back guy wires.

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

Here are a few pictures from my trip there in March of 1988. I apologize that I do not know the locations specifically. I had no idea where I was. My friend was driving and he knew where we needed to go. The first picture is near the load out. That is the boom of Big Muskie sticking up from the top of the hill. The second picture is at Pole #132, and is a northbound run with the motor pushing the empty train. Third picture is close to the south end of the line, Pole #382. It is also northbound. They mounted a headlight on the rear car for these moves. I tried looking at Google Earth to try and figure out where these were, but to no avail. The land has been reworked and reclaimed quite a bit. There are also many mining access roads in the area, which can also mimic an old RR grade.

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Two roster shots of #200. Didn't get a close up of #100 unfortunately. I apologize to the person wanting to know what the large logo looked like. The picture was more blurred than I remember it being, and back then I did not take many freight car shots.

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Wow! Rare shots.

KG

Not so "Old", but "Rare", and "Obscure".
Bob



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/17 15:58 by refarkas.

refarkas Wrote:
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> krm152 asked for information on the Muskingham
> Electric, so here are a couple Muskingham Electric
> photos from June 1982. These were both taken
> south of Cumberland, Ohio. Electric railroads
> sometimes put their poles at an angle, and this is
> shown here.
> Image one: Muskingham Electric 100.
> Image two: Muskingham Electric 200.
> Bob

Thanks Bob for posting your great photos.
ALLEN

intermodalres Wrote:
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> Two roster shots of #200. Didn't get a close up
> of #100 unfortunately. I apologize to the person
> wanting to know what the large logo looked like.
> The picture was more blurred than I remember it
> being, and back then I did not take many freight
> car shots.

Thanks very much for posting your photos.

To help future searches, it's the Muskingum Electric Railroad.

Thanks for sharing all these great photos.

The signs on the sides of the units read:
"DANGER * KEEP CLEAR * TRAIN UNMANNED".
ALLEN

Thanks for the additional photos and the text of what was on the emblem.

Neat operation.

I saw this in operation once, in March of 1982 (no photos). We were camping and hiking on the Ohio Power lands and saw quite a few movements. One interesting thing to note: The loco would blow for crossings when it was leading (we were near a crossing with gates). But on the return trip with the hoppers leading, there was a horn set mounted on the frame of the rear car that would automatically give a short "bamp" every few hundred feet .