CSX's
Toledo Subdivision is one of the busiest mainlines in the eastern portion of the
United States. My dad asked me to accompany him on a business trip to
Dayton, Ohio, where he said I could drive the car around while he was in the meeting to watch trains. So, taking up the opportunity, I used our
Dodge Caravan to traverse
I-75, catching trains firstly in
Sidney, Ohio.
Sidney is a beautiful town, with incredible, old-style designed buildings.
Norfolk Southern and CSX cross in the town of Sidney, so it made for the ideal spot to watch trains. I went to the old railroad depot (formerly
B&O;) to watch two trains roll by me. The depot is located outside of town, which was rather odd to me. Since its rather out of the way, the depot receives little attention by the townspeople. However, vandals find it the perfect spot for hanging out, tagging the depot with profanity and smashing the windows open.
After spending two hours in Sidney without much action, I headed south of
Dayton to
Miamisburg, Ohio.
Miamisburg is the location where the NS and CSX lines meet closely to each other. Miamisburg was a quaint, interestingly old town. It seemed rather sleepy and laid back to me. It was a nice spot to catch trains. The first train I saw in town had foreign power on it: an
SD40-2 lesser, and a
Genesee & Wyoming GP50 (I had never seen one before!). I decided to head south of town, where the two railroads were within 60 feet of each other in
Carlisle, Ohio, but raced an SD40-2 back to where I caught the first train, since
I've never really caught an NS SD40-2 before.
Finally, I made my way to
Carlisle, where I saw two CSX auto trains. After waiting an hour, I headed back to pick my dad up from his meeting. We ate at
Red Lobster for dinner, then met up with some family friends who live in
Tipp City, Ohio.
Taking the advantage of our friend's house's closeness to the tracks, I spent several hours trackside, filming CSX trains along the old B&O; main. Tipp is a cute little town, with an old B&O; freight house and older industrial shop buildings alongside the tracks.
The town also hosts an old style B&O; signal too, which is conveniently located next to a beautiful house (for sale!), 60ft. from the mainline. A railfans dream house, indeed.
The next day, on our way home, we took a detour to
Fostoria, Ohio. It was my first time visiting Fostoria, where there are three mainlines (one NS, two CSX) with 90-120 trains (combined) per day fly a crossed two diamonds in town. It was an interesting experience and I only had one hour to soak it all in.
Next time, I plan on heading down there all day.
Stay tuned!
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-DIB
- published: 30 Apr 2013
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