Re: (erielack) Dayton Branch

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

Delorme Ohio Atlas & Gazeteer shows a line marked "abandoned" heading
southwesterly out of Marion, that eventually joins up with some other lines
and appears to cross I-70 west of Springfield.

Don't know where you are headed orcoming from, but coming from upstate NY we
usually cross Ohio, rather than dropping all the way to I-70 getting off
I-71 in Mansfield and taking US 30 across.   Much of that is also 4-lane
interstate, but some of it is 2-lane; it follows the Erie mainline roughly
-From Mansfield on (but about 5-10 miles north of it most of the way).  Also
crosses a number of active rail lines.  The only thing I miss is seeing the
EL 40' box car behind a barn on a farm on the east side of 71, just above
Columbus -


Bill K.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt "ERIE" Fles" <eriewalt_@_hotmail.com>
To: "Erie Lackawanna List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:47 PM
Subject: (erielack) Dayton Branch


All,
COuld someone please tell me approximately where did the Marion-Dayton EL
branch cross I-70 in ohio?  I will be heading that way and would like to
know approximately ( a mile marker would be great!)  Is there anything left
of it?

Thanks in advance!

ELHS#2508
Walt "ERIE" Fles

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