I came across a great railroad site of Greg Ricker's that all ight be interested in.
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
http://cqpa.steelvalleywebdesign.com/photos.htm
That site covers the CQPA railroad as it was known from 2001 to 2003 when the D&R Railroad out of Arkansas ran the line and a little bit of its operations after Ohio Central took it over. After OC took over the railroad line and changed it to the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, I didn't do as much rail photography.
I operated over this railroad when I worked for the Ohio Central. Also did volunteer work when the PL&W was running tourist trains between Rogers and Negley. Neat little railroad!
Here is a link to a number of sites that have drawings and other interesting info about railroads http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/dwg/draw.html and http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/el.html Days gone forever :'( :'(
What is the Status of those old engines and cars down on Poland Ave?
Those belong to the Mahoning Valley Hertiage Railroad Assoc., that a open air musuem and its the Jim Marter Rail Yard.
I was once a member of the MVRHA. Actually it was me who arranged the donation of the hot metal car that sits out front. I got that car for them way before I started working on the Tod Engine project. When I found the Tod Engine I kind of went my own separate way with my own organization. There is more equipment in their collection which is not on site yet.
Jim once told me that others cars were housed in a warehouse in Pittsburg
Nothing in Pittsburgh, but there are eleven cars at Castlo and a PRR ore jenny that is currently MIA.
Rick,
Atty. Mike Hoza is my neighbor in Poland and he is counsel and the interim director of Castlo. If you are interested in talking to him about the cars, I will introduce you to him. Also, I have seen the RR cars, Nice.
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