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February 2023

• February Cartoon by Larissa & William B. Westhoff
• 1968 - Working the T&OC Extra Board.
• 1904 - Columbus, Ohio - Compliments of the Board of Trade.
• 1970 - Penn Central President Tours Columbus Terminal Facilities.
• 1923 - Circleville - C&O Frt. Derailed and Struck by an N&W Frt.
• 1949 PRR Freight train derailed at Roberts Road.
• 1952 PRR Freight train derailed near Hilliards.
• Columbus Neighborhoods - Marion Union Station.

January 2023

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff


• 1896 - CA&C Freight Train Derailed at Galena.
• 1902 - CA&C Wreck at Sunbury, Burning Trestle Collapsed - revised.
• 1903 - CA&C Passenger Train Struck an N & W Locomotive.
• 1905 - CA&C Freight Train Derailed at Galena.
• 1906 - CA&C Passenger Train Struck a Spiked Switch.
• 1917 - CA&C Freight Train Derailed at Minerva Park.


• 1950 - NMRA - Milwaukee Speed Rail Convention - Trip Handout.
• 1950 - NMRA - Milwaukee Speed Rail Convention - Newspaper Articles.
• 1950 - NMRA - Milwaukee Speed Rail Convention - Butterworth Video.
• 1950 - NMRA - Milwaukee Speed Rail Convention - The NMRA Speedrail
  Wreck.

December 2022

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1858 - History of Franklin County.
• 1891 - Big Four String Of Cars Struck a Streetcar Power Pole.
• 1892 - CCSR Streetcar Struck a Transfer Wagon.
• 1902 - CR&L Streetcar Struck an N&W Passenger Train.
• 1960 - 110-year Anniversity Celebration of the First Train to Columbus.
• Columbus Neighborhoods - Sells Brothers Circus.

November 2022

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1873 - Columbus, Ohio History, Resources & Progress -
  Street Railroads.
• c1965 - Sounds From The Ohio Railway Museum.
• 1952 - B&O Public Timetable.
• 1953 - C&O Public Timetable.
• 1952 - NYC Public Timetable - Part 1.
• 1952 - NYC Public Timetable - Part 2.
• 1954 - N&W Public Timetable.
• 1953 - PRR Public Timetable - Part 1.
• 1953 - PRR Public Timetable - Part 2.

October 2022

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1873 - Columbus, Ohio History, Resources & Progress -
  Columbus Railroads.
• 1906 - General News of the Railways.
• 1871 - North Columbus Railroad - Construction to Start.
• 1911 - North Columbus Railroad - A Look Back.
• 1906 - CN&Z interurban struck a log in Kirkersville.
• 1943 - Southern Pacific RR Brochure for Uniformed Passengers.

September 2022

• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1920 - History of The City of Columbus Ohio, Chapter 29 -
  Street & Interurban Transportation.
• 1907 - Columbus Railroad Men's Monthly Bulletin
• 1874 - Rear End Collision on the Panhandle West of Columbus.
• 1950-60s Video of Columbus, Ohio by Victor Ketcham.
  
• Playlist for Victor Ketcham Video.

August 2022

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus & The Railroads of Central Ohio Before The Civil War
• 1906 - One Armed Man Saves a Fast B. & O. S. W. Train.
• 1922 - Forest Ira Blanchard Photo Collection.
• 1930 - Milo Car House Fire.
• 1880-1939 Olentangy Park, by WOSU Columbus Neighborhoods.

July 2022

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and The Coal Country Railroads - Part V - The N&W.
• 1874 - North Columbus Railroad, Progress Report.
• Towers & More - The Players, revised.
• Ohio State University Archives.

June 2022

• June Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1920 - History of the City of Columbus Ohio, Chapter 16,
  Page 126-127 - Grade Crossing Elimination.
• 1901 - New Union Passenger Station at Dayton O.
• 1957 - NYC Freight Train Derailed at Brice.

May 2022

• May Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and The Coal Country Railroads - Part IV - The C&O.
• The Big Four Railroad.

April 2022

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1920 - History of The City of Columbus Ohio, Chapter 28 - Railroads.
• Reviewing The Documents, The 1891 Street Railway Trestle,
  Columbus, Ohio.
• The Railroad Post Office by Freight Waves Classics.

March 2022

• March Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and The Coal Country Railroads - Part III - The B&O.
• 1949 - The Columbus Digest - an abbreviated history of Columbus & Lazarus
• 1898 - N&W Boiler Explosion at Valley Crossing.

February 2022

• February Story by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and The Coal Country Railroads - Part II - The NYC.
• 1899 - CA&C Wreck at Sunbury, Brakeman Asleep at the Switch.
• 1902 - CA&C Wreck at Sunbury, Burning Trestle Collapsed.

January 2022

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1883 - Standard Time Zones.
• c1955 - Pennsylvania Railroad - Columbus.