"We've Been Working on the Railroad"
 

- 2008 Photos -

 

Eastbound view of B&O wooden trestle #315, located west of the SR 821 crossing, January 2008.  This is the old B&O Lore City - Cumberland "Eastern Ohio Branch".  Milepost 10.1.

 

Westbound view of wooden trestle #315, the right-of-way has recently been brush-hogged.

 

Westbound view at milepost 10.2.  Our first crossing of SR146 is in the distance.

 

Eastbound view at milepost 10.3.

 

Westbound view at milepost 10.3. This small cut was thick with trees and brush, and required much labor to clear.

 

Volunteers clearing brush at the SR 146 crossing, view looking westbound.

 

Eastbound view at the SR146 crossing. This is milepost 10.41 (our station in Byesville is at milepost 5).

 

Large washout at the SR 146 grade crossing, view looking west.  The washout was a result of the "Flood of the Century" in June 1998.

 

Another view of the washout, looking west.

 

Another view of the washout, looking east.

 

Another washout at milepost 10.5.

 

The second crossing of SR 146, looking east. This is milepost 11.19 (6 miles from downtown Byesville).

 

Westbound view of the crossing at milepost 11.19.  Bethel Methodist Church is in the distance.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Ohio Central RR bridge crew repairing the wooden trestle south of Derwent.

 

Improvements to the right-of-way at Derwent, OH March, 2008.

 

Improvements to the right-of-way at Derwent, OH March, 2008.

 

Northbound view at milepost 8.65. Derwent, OH March, 2008

 

Check back soon to see our progress towards Cumberland!

 

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