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What's New on columbusrailroads.com

December 2019

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1990s - Rebuilding the Railroads - Buckeye Yard
• 1898 - Chase Street - CA&C Passenger Train Accident
• 2012 - Railway Hand Signals, a quiz (no sound)

November 2019

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1898 - Columbus Street Railway - General Superintendent's Report
• 1898 - Columbus Street Railway - General Superintendent's Graphs.
• Railroad Music Sorted by Title.
• Railroad Music Sorted by Artist.
• 2012 - The Lost Art of Railroad Hand Signals.

October 2019

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Along the CN&Z Right-of-Way - Columbus to Hebron
• 1945 - Railroad Glossary - by Freeman H. Hubbard.
• 1952 - Wheels of Steel - PRR Promotional Film.

September 2019

• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus Newark & Zanesville Electric Railway
• Union County Maps - includes additional county maps.
• 2019 - WOSU Columbus Neighbourhoods visits the Age Of
  Steam Roundhouse, Cook Road and more.

August 2019

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1948 - The Railroad Signal - Presented by the New York Central System.

July 2019

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1947 C&O No. 500 on display at Yard A.
• 1920 CERA Midwest Interurban Map.
• 1929 Coast to Coast in 48 hours.

June 2019

• June Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1888 The B&O Arabian visits Columbus.
• 1912 CRP&L Streetcar Struck a Fire Truck.
• 1889 - Pay Your Fare - Tour of the Horse Powered Streetcar Lines.
• 1953 Wheels of Steel - PRR Promotional Film

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