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What's New on columbusrailroads.com

May 2019

• May Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Flicker - Columbus Street Scenes - High Street pre-1930
• Nine links added to Columbus Metropolitan Library's Railroad
  Maps of Ohio Collection.
• 1898 - Owens - Hocking Valley freight train accident.
• 1940 - Passenger Trains of the B&O.

April 2019

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1945-1957 Steam Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus
• Poor's Manual of Railroads, 1868-1924 - Traction
• 1933 - Rhapsody of the Rails - NYC Passenger Trains.

March 2019

• March Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1922 - The Grandview Avenue Railroad Crossings.
• 1947 - George F. Neymeyer, Stationmaster Retires After 52 Years
  at Union Station.
• 1913 - Ostrander - Big Four freight train accident.
• Poor's Manual of Railroads, 1868-1924 - Steam Railroads
• c. 1930 - Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Mining - Video.

February 2019

• February Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• The List Man by James M. Cavanaugh
• Along the Right-of-Way - revised with Hebron, Millersport,
  and Thurston added
• 1947 - A PRR passenger train rear ended a standing passenger train at
  Union Station.
• 1914 - Double-Deck Streetcar, Electrical Engineer's Report.
• 1852 - The Ohio Railway Guide.
• 1903 - Location Unknown - Train Taking Up Mail Bag, U.S. Post Office.

January 2019

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Along the Right-of-Way - revised with Croton, Clemons,
  Granville, and Central City added
• Two classic railroad theme cartoons added to the YouTube Index.
• NYC Historical Society's Headlights - NYC Diesel Roster, part I
• NYC Historical Society's Headlights - NYC Diesel Roster, part II
• NYC Diesel Roster up to Penn Central By Dan Eman

December 2018

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Along the Right-of-Way
• 1893 - Lost Cars & The Car-Tracer

November 2018

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1888 - The Western & Atlanta Rwy's Locomotive The General
  Visits Columbus.
• 1859 - Railroads and Railroad Property in Columbus a Reporter
  Visits the Union Depot Complex.
• 1932 - CCC&StL Annual Pass Regulations.

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.