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May 2021

• May Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Scioto Valley Traction Right of Way Maps
• 1999 - Conrail's Last Day at Buckeye Yard
• 1930 - T&OC Boiler Explosion at Arnold.
• 1900 - CR&L Co. Streetcar Accident on N High St.
• 1874 - CCC&I Picnic Excursion From Columbus to Cleveland.

April 2021

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1929 - Aerial Photo, Olentangy and Scioto Rivers Confluence
• 1936 - Rexall Train on exhibit in Columbus
• 1881 - Pittsburgh Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Map
• 1979 - Amtrak's National Limited Cab Ride Columbus - Effingham
• 1902 - CS&H Freight Train Derailed at Shepards.
• 1900 - CR&L Co. Streetcar Accident on Cleveland Ave.
• 1901 - Freight Crews of HV Make a Trip Over the T&OC.

March 2021

• Alfred Kelley and the Dawn of Ohio Railroads
• 1955 - Columbus - Xenia, Cub Scout Special.
• 2021 - The Railroad Bridges of Columbus and Drone Tours of
  Buckeye and Parsons Yards
• 1904 - Scioto Valley Traction, Head On Collision at Hooker.
• 1911 - Limited on the CM&B Annulled
• 1911 - Electric Package Service, Columbus - Cleveland.

February 2021

• February Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1879 - The Public Buildings of Columbus, Ohio
• CSXT Historical Society Journal - Parsons Yard
• 1927 - The General with Buster Keaton
• 1901 - CL&S Interurban Wreck East of Rome
• 1918 - CD&M, First Freight From Columbus to Marion
• 1919 - CRP&L, Company to Take Owl Cars From Four Lines

January 2021

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Ed Richardson’s Gang Gets Ready for Winter by William B. Westhoff
• 1959 - Two PRR freight trains collide at US Tower - ICC Report
• 1869 - First Trip on the Hocking Valley Railway, 14 miles to
  Canal Winchester
• 1948 - AAR Names and Nicknames of Freight Trains

December 2020

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1874 - Attempt to Wreck a Pan-Handle Train
• 1893 - President Lincoln's Private Railroad Car the 'United States'
• 1927 - Iron Horse Centennial - B&O RR, Transportation Fair
• New York Central System Historical Society - Research Information

November 2020

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• CD&M - Ohio Inspection Bureau Reports - 1910 Full Report -
  1923 Full Report - 1926 - 1929 Full Report - 1930 - 1932
• CD&M Right-of-Way & Track map for Worthington Bypass
• CD&M Right-of-Way & Track map for Delaware County
• 1930-1950s - B&O Memories - various scenes

October 2020

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1916 - CRP&L Safety Display
• c1943 - The New York Central - various scenes

September 2020

• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• c1990 - Norfolk Southern at the Worthington Crossing
• c1950 - The Freight Yard - New York Central Railroad

August 2020

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Fritz-Rumer-Cooke Assists the Marion Union Station Association.
• 1880 - A Collision of Streetcar Egos
• Railroad Signals, Reading and Meanings - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

July 2020

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1906 CD&M's Glenna on Display at the Ohio State Fairgrounds
• 1893 Norfolk & Western Columbus Terminal Map
• 1896 Columbus Sandusky & Hocking Railroad Public Timetable
• 2005 - B&O RR Historical Society Harry Eck - Life Aboard a Q-4