The Railroad Tourist
A State-By-State Guide
A State-By-State Guide
Ohio
Warther Museum, Dover, Ohio
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Byesville; BYESVILLE SCENIC RAILWAY (http://www.bsrw.org/); 2nd Street at Seneca Street; 740/685-0614: Seasonal, partial week, regular schedule and special events, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. A 10-mile round trip over ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Marietta branch; 2]. Emphasis is on the area’s coal mining history.
Conneaut; CONNEAUT HISTORICAL RAILROAD MUSEUM (http://www.facebook.com/chrrm); 363 Depot Street; 404/599-7878: Seasonal, daily, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: Occupies an ex-New York Central station built in 1900; 2]. Equipment includes ex-Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire locomotive, #755.
Dayton; CARILLON HISTORICAL PARK (http://www.daytonhistory.org/destinations/carillon-park.htm); 1000 Carillon Boulevard; 937/293-2841: Year-around, daily, varying hours, railroad buildings, equipment, excursions, displays. NOTES: 1]. Home to the Carillon Park Railroad, a working 1/8 scale excursion model railroad that includes live steam locomotives; 2]. Exhibits include the first steam locomotive built in the United States, in 1835, a Baltimore & Ohio “grasshopper.”
Dover; WARTHER MUSEUM (http://www.warthers.com/); 331 Karl Avenue; 330/343-7513: Year-around, daily, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Showcases 64 hand-carved steam locomotives – “the history of the steam engine” - and trains, some measuring 8’ long, that are the work of the late Ernest Mooney Warther; 2]. Carvings are executed in walnut, ebony, ivory and pearl; 3]. Shown above, Wather’s personal favorite, a Great Northern S2 4-8-4 locomotive with moving running gear.
Jefferson; AC&J SCENIC LINE (http://www.familytrainrides.com/); 161 East Jefferson Street; 404/576-6346 or 216/759-5772: Seasonal, partial week, regular schedule and special events, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. The excursion service of the Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railway, ex-Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, ex-New York Central Lines; 2]. One hour, twelve mile round trip over a vestige of NYC’s Ashtabula-Pittsburgh route.
__________; JEFFERSON DEPOT (http://www.jeffersonohio.us/depot.htm); 147 East Jefferson Street; 440/576-0496: Seasonal, partial week, regular hours, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Occupies an ex-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Station built in 1872; 2]. Adjacent to the AC&J Scenic Line; 3]. Setting includes numerous village structures from the mid-1800s.
Kent; PUFFERBELLY LTD. RESTAURANT (www.pufferbellyltd.com/); 152 Franklin Avenue; 330/673-1771: Year-around, daily, varying hours. NOTES: 1]. Ex-Atlantic & Great Western Railroad station, built in 1875.
Lebanon; LEBANON MASON MONROE RAILROAD (http://lebanonrr.com); 127 South Mechanic Street; 513/933-8022: Year-around, partial week, varying schedule that includes special events, equipment, excursions, including ride-‘n-dine dinner train, railroad buildings, displays. NOTES: 1]. Ex- Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern (CL&N) Railroad, ex-Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way; 2]. Buildings include a replica of the former Lebanon station.
Marion; MARION MODEL RAILROAD CLUB (http://marionmodelrailroadclub.org/); 532 West Center Street; 740/383-3768: Year around, partial week, regular hours. NOTES: 1]. Part of the Marion Union Depot Complex, it occupies the depot’s former baggage house; 2]. An HO-scale layout featuring both standard and narrow gauge operations typical of modern railroading.
__________; MARION UNION STATION (http://www.facebook.com/MarionUnionStationAssociation); 532 West Center Street; 740/383-3768: Year-around, partial week and by appointment, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Built in 1902 for ex-New York Central, Erie and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads; 2]. Ex-Erie AC Interlocking Tower adjoins, with tracks on three sides and more than 60 CSX or NS trains passing daily; 3]. Model railroad club occupies an adjacent building, open Sunday afternoons.
Oregon; B&B RAILROAD DEPOT BED & BREAKFAST (http://www.bbrailroad.com/); 5331 Cedar Point Road; 888/690-7137 or 419/690-7137: NOTES: 1]. A modern property surrounded by a 7 1/2”-gauge live steam railroad.
Seville; NORTHERN OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM (http://www.trainweb.org/norm/); 5515 Buffham Road; 330/769-5501: Seasonal, partial week, regular hours, equipment. NOTES: The museum collects, preserves, restores, displays and plans to operate streetcars and other railway equipment; 2]. Facility is located on two miles of the historic Cleveland Southwestern Railway.
Wellington; LORAIN & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY (http://www.lakeshorerailway.org/); 46485 Ohio Route 18 West; 440/647-6660: Seasonal, varying schedule, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. Offers a 9-mile round trip on selected dates in August and October.
Byesville; BYESVILLE SCENIC RAILWAY (http://www.bsrw.org/); 2nd Street at Seneca Street; 740/685-0614: Seasonal, partial week, regular schedule and special events, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. A 10-mile round trip over ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Marietta branch; 2]. Emphasis is on the area’s coal mining history.
Conneaut; CONNEAUT HISTORICAL RAILROAD MUSEUM (http://www.facebook.com/chrrm); 363 Depot Street; 404/599-7878: Seasonal, daily, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: Occupies an ex-New York Central station built in 1900; 2]. Equipment includes ex-Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire locomotive, #755.
Dayton; CARILLON HISTORICAL PARK (http://www.daytonhistory.org/destinations/carillon-park.htm); 1000 Carillon Boulevard; 937/293-2841: Year-around, daily, varying hours, railroad buildings, equipment, excursions, displays. NOTES: 1]. Home to the Carillon Park Railroad, a working 1/8 scale excursion model railroad that includes live steam locomotives; 2]. Exhibits include the first steam locomotive built in the United States, in 1835, a Baltimore & Ohio “grasshopper.”
Dover; WARTHER MUSEUM (http://www.warthers.com/); 331 Karl Avenue; 330/343-7513: Year-around, daily, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Showcases 64 hand-carved steam locomotives – “the history of the steam engine” - and trains, some measuring 8’ long, that are the work of the late Ernest Mooney Warther; 2]. Carvings are executed in walnut, ebony, ivory and pearl; 3]. Shown above, Wather’s personal favorite, a Great Northern S2 4-8-4 locomotive with moving running gear.
Jefferson; AC&J SCENIC LINE (http://www.familytrainrides.com/); 161 East Jefferson Street; 404/576-6346 or 216/759-5772: Seasonal, partial week, regular schedule and special events, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. The excursion service of the Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railway, ex-Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, ex-New York Central Lines; 2]. One hour, twelve mile round trip over a vestige of NYC’s Ashtabula-Pittsburgh route.
__________; JEFFERSON DEPOT (http://www.jeffersonohio.us/depot.htm); 147 East Jefferson Street; 440/576-0496: Seasonal, partial week, regular hours, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Occupies an ex-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Station built in 1872; 2]. Adjacent to the AC&J Scenic Line; 3]. Setting includes numerous village structures from the mid-1800s.
Kent; PUFFERBELLY LTD. RESTAURANT (www.pufferbellyltd.com/); 152 Franklin Avenue; 330/673-1771: Year-around, daily, varying hours. NOTES: 1]. Ex-Atlantic & Great Western Railroad station, built in 1875.
Lebanon; LEBANON MASON MONROE RAILROAD (http://lebanonrr.com); 127 South Mechanic Street; 513/933-8022: Year-around, partial week, varying schedule that includes special events, equipment, excursions, including ride-‘n-dine dinner train, railroad buildings, displays. NOTES: 1]. Ex- Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern (CL&N) Railroad, ex-Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way; 2]. Buildings include a replica of the former Lebanon station.
Marion; MARION MODEL RAILROAD CLUB (http://marionmodelrailroadclub.org/); 532 West Center Street; 740/383-3768: Year around, partial week, regular hours. NOTES: 1]. Part of the Marion Union Depot Complex, it occupies the depot’s former baggage house; 2]. An HO-scale layout featuring both standard and narrow gauge operations typical of modern railroading.
__________; MARION UNION STATION (http://www.facebook.com/MarionUnionStationAssociation); 532 West Center Street; 740/383-3768: Year-around, partial week and by appointment, regular hours, railroad buildings, equipment, displays. NOTES: 1]. Built in 1902 for ex-New York Central, Erie and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads; 2]. Ex-Erie AC Interlocking Tower adjoins, with tracks on three sides and more than 60 CSX or NS trains passing daily; 3]. Model railroad club occupies an adjacent building, open Sunday afternoons.
Oregon; B&B RAILROAD DEPOT BED & BREAKFAST (http://www.bbrailroad.com/); 5331 Cedar Point Road; 888/690-7137 or 419/690-7137: NOTES: 1]. A modern property surrounded by a 7 1/2”-gauge live steam railroad.
Seville; NORTHERN OHIO RAILWAY MUSEUM (http://www.trainweb.org/norm/); 5515 Buffham Road; 330/769-5501: Seasonal, partial week, regular hours, equipment. NOTES: The museum collects, preserves, restores, displays and plans to operate streetcars and other railway equipment; 2]. Facility is located on two miles of the historic Cleveland Southwestern Railway.
Wellington; LORAIN & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY (http://www.lakeshorerailway.org/); 46485 Ohio Route 18 West; 440/647-6660: Seasonal, varying schedule, equipment, excursions. NOTES: 1]. Offers a 9-mile round trip on selected dates in August and October.
