(erielack) Barberton Erie Station

[Dale and Ev SBC <gobills_@_ncweb.com>]

Forwarded from ClevelandRails.

It looks like it's in good condition with appropriate Erie 
colours.  Who's been maintaining it?

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>Re: Barberton Ohio Erie Railroad station update
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>Posted by: "Alan Nagy" <mailto:alannagy0660_@_yahoo.com?Subject= 
>Re%3A%20Barberton%20Ohio%20Erie%20Railroad%20station%20update>alannagy0660_@_yahoo.com 
><http://profiles.yahoo.com/alannagy0660>alannagy0660
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>Mon Aug 6, 2007 10:55 am (PST)
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>The Barberton Erie Railroad station was moved on Wednesday, July 
>11th. The station was moved across the street, at the northeast 
>corner of Fourth Street at the railroad. I visited the site 
>yesterday afternoon (Sunday 8/5).
>Alan
>Mike Spinelli <<mailto:mike%40or4c.com>mike_@_or4c.com> wrote:
>Last week I pulled into the alley off of fifth street and with the 
>overgrowth all I could see was the front loader but bot the station 
>and thought the worst. As I got closer I noticed the foundation had 
>been dug around and holes in the basement wall, apparently preparing 
>the 117 year old building to be moved.
>I finally made it back out to Barberton to see what was going on 
>with the Barberton Erie Railroad station.
>Today they have the structure raised and supported on large beams. 
>The workers told me the station was being raised seven feet and 
>moved across the street, although they didn't know why or what it 
>was going to be used for. As you can see from the photos it is a 
>very well kept structure, and it's a shame it's not been empty the 
>past 20 years or so, since the model train/bike shop moved out.
>When built 20 people worked in there. Railroading sure has changed... :(
>I do not see any place across the street that's been prepped for 
>it's placement. I'll stay on the case.
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><http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation1.jpg>http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation1.jpg 
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>http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation2.jpg
><http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation3.jpg>http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation3.jpg 
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>http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation4.jpg
><http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation5.jpg>http://www.or4c.com/pix/BarbStation5.jpg 
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>Mike Spinelli
>Activities/Webmaster of the Iron Cross Chapter of the NKPHTS (W&LEHS)
>Assistant Director-Safety of the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society
>CEO of the Ohio Valley System Microsoft Train Sim organization
>Erie Lackawanna Historical Society member 3796
>(i like trains)
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>Barberton Erie Railroad station update (Akron Beacon Journal article
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>Posted by: "Alan Nagy" <mailto:alannagy0660_@_yahoo.com?Subject= 
>Re%3ABarberton%20Erie%20Railroad%20station%20update%20%28Akron%20Beacon%20Journal%20article>alannagy0660_@_yahoo.com 
><http://profiles.yahoo.com/alannagy0660>alannagy0660
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>Mon Aug 6, 2007 11:12 am (PST)
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>The Barberton Erie Railroad station was moved on Wednesday, July 11. 
>I found an article mentioned in the Akron Beacon Journal on Thursday, July 12.
>Here's the article, if anyone didn't catch it (In the Region section 
>on 7/12):
>Depot move slow but goes as planned
>BARBERTON: The move of the 117-year old train depot across Fourth 
>Street was completed Wednesday evening as the Kiler Structural 
>Movers rested the 60-ton building on its new foundation on the east 
>side of Fourth Street.
>"Everything went as planned, it took longer than we had expected," 
>said Kiler Structural Movers crew chief Frank Sacramore.
>Sacramore said workers would be back to the work site to remove 
>steel beams from under the depot and to clean up equipment today and Friday.

Dale Madison and Ev Janish  



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