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Title: |
A piece of Valley Line and the WE bridge. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:19:35 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
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Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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143 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
History Pt. 1 |
Description: |
Notice the trestle in the picture. That is the ACY trestle, today operated by WE. Also shown in this album. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:26:23 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
History Pt. 2 |
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The track into downtown was Erie. We used that track to service BF Goodrich when it was still making tires. It was already stubbed short of the steam plant during my tenure. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:22:47 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
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106 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A view of the WE bridge form the opposite side. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:17:16 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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97 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ohio Canal and CVSR bridge. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:11:05 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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128 Comments: 0 |
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Further down the path we see the WE, former ACY/NW bridge, as well as a still existing business, though not served by any railroad. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:13:04 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Finally, if bridges are your thing, there is no shortage in this area. |
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Most distant: SR8, next: Y Bridge, to the right: CVSR. Farther to the right, not shown: WE. Additionally, both railroads cross Howard St. seen here just ahead of the building, by way of overpass. |
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5/11/2009 Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:29:56 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CVSR HEP 688 |
Description: |
Originally an Army Kitchen car, built in 1951. Converted into an HEP by Amtrak in the early 70s. It houses 2 Detroit V12 271 engines with 2 turbo and 2 superchargers each. Both engines power a 375 KW generator. |
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8/1/2009 Upload Date: 8/1/2009 8:06:06 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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272 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hike & Bike has just cleared North St. |
Description: |
A Bike a thon had most streets in this area closed. Glad I caught this. |
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8/1/2009 Upload Date: 10/3/2009 6:40:51 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
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178 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Stopping at Northside. |
Description: |
Right on the bridge, good for me. |
Photo Date: |
8/12/2009 Upload Date: 9/10/2009 6:15:16 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
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178 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Leaving Northside for Cleveland. |
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Photo Date: |
10/30/2009 Upload Date: 10/31/2009 8:55:16 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
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168 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
2nd of 3 round trips is making it's way north. |
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Photo Date: |
10/30/2009 Upload Date: 10/31/2009 8:57:45 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
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168 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Did you see that? There's two of them. |
Description: |
See my Twenty Minutes with CVSR album please. Thanks. |
Photo Date: |
10/30/2009 Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:01:41 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) CVSR 365(C420) |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Returning to Cleveland. |
Description: |
With HEP car 688. See above for a description of the HEP. Thanks. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2009 Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:46:28 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 800(FPA4) |
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790 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Last move of the day heading north. |
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Photo Date: |
12/6/2009 Upload Date: 12/6/2009 6:03:15 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 800(FPA4) |
Views: |
747 Comments: 6 |
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Title: |
What a beautiful day to catch these units. |
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Photo Date: |
12/6/2009 Upload Date: 12/6/2009 6:05:34 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
FLNX 484(FL9) |
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506 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Just 2 blocks from Downtown Akron. |
Description: |
Former NOTL, ACY, NW and current Wheeling and Lake Erie trestle on a gorgeous late winter day. |
Photo Date: |
3/17/2010 Upload Date: 3/17/2010 9:52:59 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
84 year old daily driver. |
Description: |
Operated by Wheeling & Lake Erie. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/2010 Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:31:18 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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125 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
A west to east view along the south side of the WE trestle. |
Description: |
Bridge work for the previous bridge is in the foreground. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/2010 Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:34:00 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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92 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
What it looks like with a train on it. |
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Photo Date: |
8/24/2010 Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:38:04 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
WE 3034(SD40-3) |
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190 Comments: 8 |
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Title: |
Daily stone trains traverse this span. |
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Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 11:55:50 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Planet Earth is reclaiming it's space. |
Description: |
Wheeling trestle. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 11:58:43 AM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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102 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Soon you wont be able to see any of this foundation. |
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Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:01:35 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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74 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
You don't notice all this vegetation until you are under the bridge. |
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Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:04:37 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
It looks so different with a train on it. |
Description: |
Here it looks vulnerable. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:09:19 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
This American Bridge Company product is 84 years old. |
Description: |
For all the wear and tear, it looks remarkably well. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:14:43 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I hope I look this good at 84. |
Description: |
I already squeak when I walk. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:19:30 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
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73 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Expansion joint. |
Description: |
This is in the CVSR bridge. The stack beyond it, is from the boiler house at St. Thomas Hospital. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:22:54 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Bike Aboard crosses Cascade Locks. |
Description: |
I hope you get a "charge" out of this picture. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:46:58 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
207 Comments: 5 |
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Title: |
The most powerful CVSR unit rostered. |
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Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:49:40 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
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200 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Thirsty in Akron. |
Description: |
Mid way through it's second journey, it was time for a drink. Northside Station is within shouting distance of Cascade Locks. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2010 Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:53:56 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
133 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Crossing the Ohio & Erie Canal. |
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Photo Date: |
5/6/2011 Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:05:47 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 6771(FPA4) |
Views: |
119 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Still just 2 bucks to ride the bike train. |
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Photo Date: |
5/6/2011 Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:08:28 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 6771(FPA4) |
Views: |
111 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
A nicely polished St. Lucie Sound and the HEP car. |
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Photo Date: |
5/6/2011 Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:11:01 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
412 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
And so goes another Student Extra. |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/6/2011 Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:15:56 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
229 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mid-day biker. |
Description: |
From farther up the trail than usual and at 180mm. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/2011 Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:26:38 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
100 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Not m-ued. |
Description: |
Hopefully all is well with the little one. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/2011 Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:30:40 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LOCX 1005(SW1200r) |
Views: |
104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Mama. |
Description: |
She'll take the train north shortly with no assist from the little one. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/2011 Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:33:12 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
Views: |
126 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Steamin' home. |
Description: |
After an earlier problem put the train about an hour late, the light was off the bridge. |
Photo Date: |
6/9/2011 Upload Date: 6/9/2011 8:26:18 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 4241(C424) |
Views: |
118 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Wildflowers are starting to bloom. |
Description: |
The 1822 deadheads home. |
Photo Date: |
6/9/2011 Upload Date: 6/9/2011 8:30:24 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
111 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Heading north across Cascade Locks. |
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Photo Date: |
8/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:31:52 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
OHCR 452(F40M-2C) |
Views: |
152 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
It's been a good railfan morning. |
Description: |
I'm going home and see what my Mrs. is up too. |
Photo Date: |
8/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:34:12 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CVSR 1822(RS18u) |
Views: |
102 Comments: 2 |
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