Eastern Railroad Discussion > Trains Passing Signals, 12-2-20

1.  CSX Train Q203, Leipsic, OH (at XN Tower)

2.  NS Train L70 crossing the I&O, Leipsic, OH

3.  NS train, Miller City, OH.


Greg
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My favorite is #3. The EX NKP main is one my favorites to railfan. All three are great shots!

Can someone refresh my memory about where B&O signals still exist in northwest Ohio?  I would like to document some more before they too are gone.......

There are quite a few CPLs left in service on the former B&O Toledo to Cincy line. 

Several still stand from Cairo, OH to Deshler, OH.

Greg
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junctiontower Wrote:
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> Can someone refresh my memory about where B&O
> signals still exist in northwest Ohio?  I would
> like to document some more before they too are
> gone.......

gborgwald Wrote:
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> Several still stand from Cairo, OH to Deshler,
> OH.
>

I just did a quick Google Street View search, and it looks like the Vader siganls have made major inroads on that line, with more installations in progress from the 2016 and 2109 views.  Are there enough left to make a trip over from Fort Wayne worth the drive?

junctiontower Wrote:
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> gborgwald Wrote:
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> > Several still stand from Cairo, OH to Deshler,
> > OH.
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> I just did a quick Google Street View search, and
> it looks like the Vader siganls have made major
> inroads on that line, with more installations in
> progress from the 2016 and 2109 views.  Are there
> enough left to make a trip over from Fort Wayne
> worth the drive?

Yes, a drive would be very beneficial and worth it. CPL's south of Deshler are still in place to Lima.  

I would say it's worth the drive.

You can easily get to several CPLs at and near the diamond at Deshler, OH.

Without really trespassing you can get the signals at Cairo, OH as well.

With a long lens you can also get the ones at XN Tower, just south of Leipsic.  County Road 7 crosses the tracks south of one signal and you can get good shots from that crossing (that's where I took the picture of Q203).  

A little north of there, Road F-6 crosses the CSX and the I&O.  You can get a CPL from that road.
On the I&O there is a fixed aspect distant semaphore signal next to the road crossing.

As to how many trains you'll see going by them, I don't know.


Greg
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junctiontower Wrote:
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> gborgwald Wrote:
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> > Several still stand from Cairo, OH to Deshler,
> > OH.
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> I just did a quick Google Street View search, and
> it looks like the Vader siganls have made major
> inroads on that line, with more installations in
> progress from the 2016 and 2109 views.  Are there
> enough left to make a trip over from Fort Wayne
> worth the drive?

Here is a list of CPLs from Toledo to Cincy. This list was made by CG Tower not me. All credit to him. 

Marc L

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Nice shots, Gred.  I  really like the second shot.

John K. Herrreshoff from APBR.