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When did the first train line come through SE ohio???????

I have some pics of it somwhere and the storys about the first Rail Road and all there wrecks they had. Ill try to find them and post them for you.

OZZIEOHIO wrote:I have some pics of it somwhere and the storys about the first Rail Road and all there wrecks they had. Ill try to find them and post them for you.

Thank you!!! That would be great!!!!

was it the b&o?

I think it was the B,C, AND Z and had the nik name of bent crooked and zigzag because of all the curves and wrecks they had.

i hope some pics can be put up. this is a nice site. i cannot believe i haven't heard about it sooner.

I may have been wrong this say the B&O was the first maybe they had the nik name Bent crooked and zig zag.

http://knorek.com/RR/Ohio/ohio.htm

http://www.chescweb.com/hvrail/
neat info

http://home.frognet.net/~mcfadden/wd8rif/hvsr.htm
Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad

http://www.hvsry.org/

thanks for the info. i always thought trains were facisinating.

My brother was the engineer for The Powhatan Arrow of the N & W which ran through Portsmouth and on to Cincinnati. Here's some info:

http://www.american-rails.com/powhatan-arrow.html

I used to run a train down the old Pvine, its hilly and curvy down thru there, then you get just outside of cincy and they always hold you there for 5 or 6 hours I hated it. They dont run any trains that way anymore.

http://www.railwayshop.com/dvd/norfolk-western.html
OZ have you seen these my dad has them on VHS tapes ,He worked the peavine years ago,He has been retired 20 some years

cool links guys

Very cool links, definitely interesting!!

orange-n-brown 365 wrote:was it the b&o?

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Doc Panther wrote:My brother was the engineer for The Powhatan Arrow of the N & W which ran through Portsmouth and on to Cincinnati. Here's some info:

http://www.american-rails.com/powhatan-arrow.html

Very cool! My grandmother used to ride this train quite frequently as a youngster.

http://www.remarkableohio.org/Historica ... rkerId=931

I'm a train fan. Need more stuff on this. I'd love to see someone document all the old abandoned spurs in SE Ohio. My old hometown of Shawnee hasnt seen a train since the late 70s. Loved the old B&O.