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Big Four Train472 viewsA steam train moves Northeast on the "Big Four" rail line.
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Big Four Train628 viewsThis photo was taken from the top of the grain elevator, facing Northeast. A small piece of Wellington Machine Company appears on the right. The two crossings are Clay Street and Barker Street.
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Train Wreck677 viewsTrain Wreck
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Train Wreck697 viewsThis photo is of the wreckage of a New York Central train wreck in Wellington. The picture is dated February 25, 1929. The white boxcar on the left is a New York Central car and the boxcar in the center is Southern Pacific.
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Big Four Depot574 viewsThis is the Big Four Depot in Wellington. The two tracks in the center of the picture are the mainline, still in use in 2005 as the CSX Greenwich Subdivision of the Indy Line stretching from Berea to Crestline. The track to the right is a siding for the grain elevator. That track is also still in use today as a siding for the birdseed mill. At left, the freight depot and tracks are visible. While the depot still stands, the tracks have been removed.
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Big Four Depot580 viewsThis is a copy of a postcard showing the "Big Four" Depot in Wellington.
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LAS 11560 viewsThis is locomotive # 11 of the Lorain Ashland and Southern Railway. Around Wellington, this railroad was better known as "The Ramsey" for the man who ultimately built the lines through town.
LA&S 11 was a 2-8-0 engine. This means it had one leading axle at the front and four powered axles. This unit weighed in at 106 tons and had 21"x30" cylinders. It was built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works (of Dunkirk, NY) for Pennsylvania Railroad. PRR numbered this unit 6306. The unit then became Western New York & Pennsylvania #183 before being sold to LA&S in July 1914. This engine was used on the Ramsey line until service was discontinued at it was scrapped by LA&S in 1929.
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LAS Crew537 viewsThe crew of LA&S #11 poses for a picture. Around Wellington, this railroad was better known as "The Ramsey" for the man who ultimately built the lines through town.
LA&S 11 was a 2-8-0 engine. This means it had one leading axle at the front and four powered axles. This unit weighed in at 106 tons and had 21"x30" cylinders. It was built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works (of Dunkirk, NY) for Pennsylvania Railroad. PRR numbered this unit 6306. The unit then became Western New York & Pennsylvania #183 before being sold to LA&S in July 1914. This engine was used on the Ramsey line until service was discontinued at it was scrapped by LA&S in 1929.
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NKP 759509 viewsNickel Plate Road Berkshire (2-8-4) #759 steams eastbound past the Lorain County Fairgrounds. This locomotive was built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This engine still exists today in SteamTown, Pennsylvania, a railroad preservation facility.
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NKP 759598 viewsNickel Plate Road Berkshire (2-8-4) #759 steams eastbound past the Lorain County Fairgrounds. This locomotive was built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This engine still exists today in SteamTown, Pennsylvania, a railroad preservation facility.
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