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E-L RS3 #1051 |
| Description: |
#1051 finally gets clearance to cross the B&O and is headed eastbound on the westbound main. This area is quite different today -- no tower,EL trackage,pole lines,Erie and B&O signals. The CSX Chicago line (and the Cleveland route) are still busy today. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1975 Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:06 PM |
| Location: |
Sterling, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Morris |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 1051(RS3) |
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998 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio |
| Description: |
An EL RS3 sits waiting for a green signal to continue on its local run. The tower survived till the early 90's? |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1975 Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:11 PM |
| Location: |
Sterling, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Morris |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 1051(RS3) |
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1428 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio |
| Description: |
Looking west at RU Tower in Sterling,Ohio (about 25 miles west of Akron). The New York-Chicago main of the Erie Lackawanna (on the right) crosses the Washington-Chicago B&O line. Both lines paralleld each other for a short distance east and west from the crossing. A short distance past the tower a B&O line northbound to Lorain/Cleveland started. I read where RU Tower was named for the original name of the town -- Russell. Unfortunately, a terrible accident happened at this crossing about 10 years before these shots in 1965. A westbound EL freight (they had clearance) on the far right track collided with a slow moving B&O eastbound (they were eastbound on the westbound track - track just to the left). 5 crewmen were killed. I guess no one will really know why the B&O crew ran the red signal (fell asleep?). |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1975 Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:14 PM |
| Location: |
Sterling, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Morris |
| Categories: |
Action |
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956 Comments: 1 |
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