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What's New on columbusrailroads.com

October 2018

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1865 The President Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train on Exhibit in Columbus
• 1897 Interlocking Switches in Columbus
• 1897 - Hocking Valley freight crashes into a Panhandle freight at
  Olentangy Crossing Target

September 2018

• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1965 - Excursion to Pomeroy - Flyer & Trip Handout
• 1965 - Excursion to Pomeroy - Photographs
• Railroad Exhibits
• The John Bull Visits Columbus
• 1942 - N&W Columbus Map

August 2018

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Aerial Photo Index - Revised.
• Aerial Photo - West Columbus Yard.
• 1891 - CHV&T passenger train crashes into a SVRR freight at
  Valley Crossing.
• 1934 - Two Big Four passenger trains collide at Paget Tower
  near Delaware. Revised with second photo.
• 1939 - Hocking Division ETT.
• Wellston & Jackson Belt Railway Co. (Waverly City Guide website).

July 2018

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus Railroads 1900-1920
• After Steam - Photo Set 7
• ODOT Photos Pre-1940 (new section being developed)


• YouTube Index - Videos about Columbus and railroading in the
  Twentieth Century.
• Flicker Index - Revised to include links to three major photo collections.
• Web Links - Revised, list links to sites with Columbus material.

June 2018

• June Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• The Dan Macke Collection - June Addition
• 1912 - Car Shops of the Hocking Valley Railroad
• 1927 - NYC The Westside Line - Video
• 1929 - TAT-Coast-to-Coast - Video

May 2018

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff - Revised
• May Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• The Dan Macke Collection - May Addition
• 1934 - Unification Committee Map
• 1965 - Oak Street Trolley Coach line - Video
• 1911 - New York City - Video

April 2018

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff - Your Turn
• 1945-1960 - Norfolk & Western Railroad - Steam Locomotives
• The Dan Macke Collection - April Addition
• 1872 - Birds' Eye View of Columbus

March 2018

• March Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• The Army Depot
• The Dan Macke Collection - March Addition
• 1928 - New York Central, Hudson Cab Ride

February 2018

• February Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• The Dan Macke Collection - February Additions
• 1899 Baist's Columbus Real Estate Atlas
• 1909 Hocking Valley RR Canal Winchester Wreck
• Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains

January 2018

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• After Steam - Photo Set 6
• The Dan Macke Collection - January Additions
• Baltimore & Ohio RR - Map Circa 1920