Eastern Railroad Discussion > Sheffield Ohio follow up

Regarding my thread from yesterday, halfmoonharold jogged my memory with what I walked along. Time frame is correct. Thanks to all who took the time to provide me resources to check.
RichS
halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> You might be thinking of the Gypsum Lead. It ran
> south off the NKP main, just west of Lake Breeze
> Rd. Crossed Colorado, then swung around to run
> west along the south side of Colorado, but back a
> ways. It ended at the former National Gypsum plant
> on Henderson Dr near the Black River. It was
> sporadically used, at best. Only thing I ever saw
> on it, from the 60's to the 80's, was stored pipe
> gons in 1982. There were crossbucks where it
> crossed the dead end of Root Rd, visible from
> Colorado Ave. The track is now gone.

Would love more info, including pics, if any. I've found that construction of the plant at 1901 Henderson Dr began in 1959, costing 7.2 million.

Considering, it doesn't appear the tracks would have been there that long. 20 years, if that.

Also, remember two if not three large round storage (tanks?) in the area of this plant, at the end of Henderson drive, north of the river, and south of current day McDonald's. Were those affiliated with Gypsum, and if not, what were they and what was stored?

Thanks



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/18 06:52 by RAILOH.

RAILOH Wrote:
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> Would love more info, including pics, if any. I've
> found that construction of the plant at 1901
> Henderson Dr began in 1959, costing 7.2 million.
>
> Considering, it doesn't appear the tracks would
> have been there that long. 20 years, if that.
>
> Also, remember two if not three large round
> storage (tanks?) in the area of this plant, at the
> end of Henderson drive, north of the river, and
> south of current day McDonald's. Were those
> affiliated with Gypsum, and if not, what were they
> and what was stored?
>
> Thanks

RAILOH,
I can tell you with relative certainty now that my memory was refreshed, I walked a portion of that track at least 4 times circa 1986-1989. I never recalled seeing a train, though.
Rich S

Those tanks was storage nothing to do with gypsum this spur also went to Cromwell Steel which went belly up in the 20s

A bit more detail here. I believe I read this i the past.

http://www.sheffieldvillage.com/Historical%20Society/Village%20Pioneer%20v6-%20n1%20Mar%202011.pdf

RAILOH Wrote:
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> A bit more detail here. I believe I read this i
> the past.
>
> http://www.sheffieldvillage.com/Historical%20Socie
> ty/Village%20Pioneer%20v6-%20n1%20Mar%202011.pdf


Some good information and images on the rather obscure Lake Erie and Pittsburgh:

http://ohiorr.railfan.net/lep1.html

-Rich S

When that line was built it was joint with the NKP and the NYC. It was built to access the Cromwell Steel plant built during WW1. NYC used the ROW of the Lake Erie and Pittsburg from where it crossed the NYC line into South Lorain, just south of French Creek Road to connect to it. The bridge piers still exist in the park there, and the road into the park was built on the ROW. Cromwell closed shortly after the war ended and the NYC line was taken up in the 30s. Later the N&W used their connection to the line to access the gypsum plant, but as others have also stated, I never saw anything move on it. I was excited one day as we approached the crossing to see the flashers on, but alas, it was one of those bad circuit things. I also saw many gondolas stored there after pipe production dropped off at US Steel in 1982. Unfortunately, I never took any pictures of that line.