This page covers historic railroad activity of the Grand
Trunk Western, Ann Arbor, NYC. PRR, and other railroads in the Toledo area.
Because this location is so complex, we decided to put all of the Toledo-area
photos in one place. And we're always looking for more to document the
rail scene in this busy city.
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Ann Arbor 20 (RS1) at Ottawa Yard, Toledo, 5/77, had been repainted in Wabash colors and had to be redone. (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Ann Arbor 20 (RS1), in T oledo in 1977, after it had been repainted into the proper scheme -- and after several months' road duty (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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AA 301 (RS-3) at Ann Arbor's North Toledo yard, now the site of the "Jeep" loading facility, 5/31/81 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Now this is how a caboose should look! Newly-painted CSX 904079 is on the CSX/NS transfer track at Fostoria in June, 1991 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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CSX 3008 is another ex-SBD "Safety Cab"-equipped BQ23-7, in Walbridge Yard, Toledo, in 1988 after a repaint into CSX colors (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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CSX 118 & 119 (FP7A/B) in Walbridge Yard, Toledo, in Oct., 1977, on a one-car inspection train. These units now are gone (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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CSX 3003 is one of a fleet of GE "Safety Cab" BQ23-7's which Seaboard bought and which CSX got in the merger, here in Toledo in 1977 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Detroit Edison 018 and 007, part of the company's coal fleet, stand in Vickers Yard, Toledo, on 6/24/87 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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GTW has renumbered this unit into its own series, 6353, but it still carried its DT&I initials in this 1986 photo in Toledo. (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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GCFX 3072 (SD40-2), rebuilt by Alstom and carrying its branding, is on a CSX auto rack train at Deshler 9/21/01 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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A study in black-&-white is Grand Trunk 6042 in Toledo 10/1/62. (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Seaboard 1115 (SW1500), here in 1998, is still active; it's CSX 1115 and working in Walbridge Yard (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Toledo Edison 3, an electric loco once used in the power plant, sits out of service in Toledo on 3/20/85 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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Toledo Terminal 9041 (S2) looks good sitting outside the shop in June, 1997 (Arnold LeBowsky) |
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NYC 9076 and 4112, in the "cigar band" scheme, are on eastbound 201 at Toledo 6/18/65 (Sheldon Lustig) |
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B&O train 53 is at Toledo, powered by C&O 1414 and a B&O unit, 6/18/65 (Sheldon Lustig) |
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Detroit Edison 002 (SD40) and EMD SD60 Demo #2 sit in Stanley Yard, Toledo, on 9/15/85. (Steve LaConte) |
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DTSL 117 (SW-7) in Lang Yard, Toledo, 11/6/82 DTSL was jointly owned by N&W and GT. The paint scheme is leftover from NKP ownership (Steve LaConte) |
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Detroit & Toledo Short Line (DTSL) 49 and 42 (2 GP7) sit at the engine service pad in Lang Yard, Toledo, 5/31/81 (Steve LaConte) |
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A southbound GTW freight at Toledo had GTW 5729, 5700, and 5710 for power 8/16/92 (Sheldon Lustig) |
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Southern SD40-2 3254a at the Rossford, OH, B&O roundhouse, 11/1/81, was used on the Spark Plug Express from Toledo to the south. (Steve LaConte) |
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Toledo Terminal 9300 (SW1200) at the TT yard between Walbridge and Stanley Yards12/5/81 (Steve LaConte) |
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Toledo Edison switchers 12/31/82. The steam plant was switched with electric locomotives. When it closed the locos were dispersed (Steve LaConte) |
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