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January 2022

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

December 2021

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and The Coal Country Railroads - Part I - The PRR.
• 1899 - Illustrated Guide to Columbus
• 1950s - N&W - Operation Fast Freight.

November 2021

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1905 - CR&L Co. - Guide to Columbus.
• 1929 - Hocking Valley Railroad Timetable.
• O Winston Link - Trains That Passed In The Night.

October 2021

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1915 - Scioto Valley Traction Public Timetable.
• 1924 - Spruce Street Passenger Roundhouse and Yard to Open.
• PRR - Index of Documents & Publications Available on Line.
• 1940 - Head on Collision: The Doodlebug Train Disaster.

September 2021

• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1930 - CD&M Timetable.
• 1929 - PRR Derailment at Condit, 254 injured.
• 2001 - A Visit to Scioto Tower/LM Cabin.

August 2021

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1875 - Street Railway - Late Night Service or Lack Thereof.
• 1900 - CR&L Co. Streetcar Struck a Horse Drawn Buggy.
• 1949 - A Day in the Life of Columbus Union Station.

July 2021

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1901 - CD&M Twenty Year Gold Bonds w/Map.
• 1901 - Jewett Car Company's Large Interurban Cars.
• 1919 - T&OC Engine Terminal
• 1919 - Illumination of T&OC Engine Terminal
• 1873 - New Dummy Engine For the North Columbus Railroad.
• 1874 - NCSR Co. Streetcar Accident on N High street.
• 1955 - C&O Fall Foliage Excursion Columbus to Gallipolis & Pomeroy.

June 2021

• June Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1919 - New Locomotive Maintenance Program - PRR Lines West
• 1911 - Poor's Street Railways in Ohio - Index
• 1911 - Poor's Street Railways in Ohio - Manual
• 1973 Gandy Dancers on the Clinchfield Railroad
• 1949 - NYC Freight Train Accident at Croton.
• 1903 - CL&S Motorman Fell From Moving Freight Motor.
• 1900 - CR&L Co. Streetcar Accident on W Broad Street.

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