Re: (rshsdepot) North Baltimore, OH

["James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>]

That was close.  The B&O brick combination station in nearby Deshler,
Ohio took a hit on its platform from a coal train derailment in 2003,
but survived and is still standing, though vacant.  Defiance, Ohio lost
its B&O station earlier this year, after a 2005 fire of suspicious
origin.

J. Kelling, B&O fan

>>> root_@_net.bluemoon.net 11/30/2006 3:25 PM >>>

A close one for the North Baltimore depot. CSX has a major derailment
in North
Baltimore, OH on the CSX Chicago mainline. Ffrom one of the photos, it
appears
that some of the derailed cars came to rest less than 100 feet from the
old
B&O depot.

Overview photo apparently taken from the top of a nearby grain
elevator, the
depot is the building by the tracks with the red roof just beyond the
derailed cars:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/templates/zoom.pbs&Site=TO&Date=20061130&Category=DEVELOPINGNEWS&ArtNo=61130023&Ref=V2


(beware the URL line wrap monster if you copy and paste to a browser)

Full story in the Toledo, OH Blade newspaper which includes the above
photo:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061130/DEVELOPINGNEWS/61130023


WTOL TV story online:

http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=5750700 

Both have more photos.

When I was last in North Baltimore a few years ago, the depot was still
in use
by CSX and looked to be in very good condition.

Henry

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