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CSX 8018
Title:  CSX 8018
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1972  Upload Date: 6/28/2007 6:12:29 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mitch Reed
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8018(SD40-2)
Views:  1064   Comments: 0
B&O 3704
Title:  B&O 3704
Description:  An EB B&O freight passes Sterling tower and a crew cleaning up from an earlier EL derailment. B&O 3704 later worked for BN, Indiana Southern, and is now CORP 4021.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 12/31/2008 4:41:15 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 3704(GP40)
Views:  2064   Comments: 1
B&O 3814
Title:  B&O 3814
Description:  B&O GP38 3814 leads a westbound at Sterling. The N&W hopper is on the EL at left. B&O 3814 was later CSXT 2014, CSXT 9666. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 12:17:55 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 3814(GP38)
Views:  1509   Comments: 0
B&O 4124
Title:  B&O 4124
Description:  B&O 4124 leads a hopper train off of the CL&W at Sterling. She would later become CSXT 6024.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/3/2009 7:30:44 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4124(GP40-2)
Views:  1458   Comments: 1
B&O 4149
Title:  B&O 4149
Description:  An EB B&O freight passes Sterling tower and a crew cleaning up from an earlier EL derailment. B&O 4149 is now CSXT 6049. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 12/31/2008 3:52:46 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4149(GP40-2)
Views:  1523   Comments: 0
EL 3315
Title:  EL 3315
Description:  Big and little U-boats handle a westbound just east of Sterling. EL 3315 was later Conrail 6578, then CR 6883. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 3:44:17 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3315(U33C)
Views:  1334   Comments: 3
EL 3636
Title:  EL 3636
Description:  An interesting EL "one of everything" lash-up, with an SDP45, E8A, F7B, U25B, SD45, U36C, and a C424. Westbound at Sterling. EL 3636 was later CR 6668, NS 6668. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/6/2007 7:40:36 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3636(SDP45)
Views:  2199   Comments: 2
EL 3656
Title:  EL 3656
Description:  EL 3656 works single on a short eastbound. She was later CR 6687, MKCX 9511, HLCX 7002, WC 6634, IHB 7601. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 4:03:27 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3656(SDP45)
Views:  1490   Comments: 1
EL 832
Title:  EL 832
Description:  EL E8A #832 leads an eastbound across the B&O diamonds at Sterling. This interlocking was the scene of a near head-on collision between B&O and EL trains in 1965 that killed five railroaders. See http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/bldg/sterling.html for the official accident report. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 12:05:03 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 832(E8A)
Views:  1645   Comments: 4
EL RS3 #1051
Title:  EL RS3 #1051
Description:  Waiting on a signal, #1051 is working eastbound on a local (on the Erie Lackawanna Chicago-Hoboken line - about 21 miles west of Akron). It will cross the B&O Washington-Chicago line at the tower. The two railroads paralleled each other for a few miles on either side of the crossing. A B&O branch line north started at Sterling also. Today - the EL line, tower and buildings are gone. CSX still operates both ex-B&O lines.
Photo Date:  12/12/1975  Upload Date: 6/8/2008 3:08:38 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Gary Morris
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  EL 1051(RS3)
Views:  1588   Comments: 3
E-L RS3 #1051
Title:  E-L RS3 #1051
Description:  #1051 finally gets clearance to cross the B&O and is headed eastbound on the westbound main. This area is quite different today -- no tower,EL trackage,pole lines,Erie and B&O signals. The CSX Chicago line (and the Cleveland route) are still busy today.
Photo Date:  12/27/1975  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:06 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Gary Morris
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 1051(RS3)
Views:  1692   Comments: 2
RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio
Title:  RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio
Description:  An EL RS3 sits waiting for a green signal to continue on its local run. The tower survived till the early 90's?
Photo Date:  12/27/1975  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:11 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Gary Morris
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EL 1051(RS3)
Views:  2183   Comments: 2
RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio
Title:  RU Tower at Sterling,Ohio
Description:  Looking west at RU Tower in Sterling,Ohio (about 25 miles west of Akron). The New York-Chicago main of the Erie Lackawanna (on the right) crosses the Washington-Chicago B&O line. Both lines paralleld each other for a short distance east and west from the crossing. A short distance past the tower a B&O line northbound to Lorain/Cleveland started. I read where RU Tower was named for the original name of the town -- Russell. Unfortunately, a terrible accident happened at this crossing about 10 years before these shots in 1965. A westbound EL freight (they had clearance) on the far right track collided with a slow moving B&O eastbound (they were eastbound on the westbound track - track just to the left). 5 crewmen were killed. I guess no one will really know why the B&O crew ran the red signal (fell asleep?).
Photo Date:  12/27/1975  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:55:14 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Gary Morris
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  1525   Comments: 1
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  Westbound
Photo Date:  7/2/1977  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 11:11:37 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1313   Comments: 1
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  Heading south to Sterling from Seville
Photo Date:  7/2/1977  Upload Date: 7/14/2014 10:40:31 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1513   Comments: 3
Taken from the porch of the long gone Sterling tower.
Title:  Taken from the porch of the long gone Sterling tower.
Description:  Chessie from the left, EL from the right. Eastbound already severed.
Photo Date:  6/30/1979  Upload Date: 4/30/2009 5:58:10 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  1267   Comments: 8
Track 2 has been taken out of service. Westbound already rusty. Both were soon removed.
Title:  Track 2 has been taken out of service. Westbound already rusty. Both were soon removed.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1979  Upload Date: 4/30/2009 6:01:43 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  911   Comments: 2
Tower, track and signal are all gone. CSX to the left is alive and well.
Title:  Tower, track and signal are all gone. CSX to the left is alive and well.
Description:  Standing on the eastbound I notice that the eastbound passing siding is practically invisible. View is from Kaufman Ave. Unrecognizable today. Dates approximate.
Photo Date:  6/30/1979  Upload Date: 4/30/2009 6:04:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  979   Comments: 2
Steve Buck Bachmann - tower operator
Title:  Steve Buck Bachmann - tower operator
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 12:00:39 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Buck Bachmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  1274   Comments: 0
Passing B&O freight - across the diamond, EL crossing.
Title:  Passing B&O freight - across the diamond, EL crossing.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 12:06:25 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Buck Bachmann
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
Buck Bachmanns EL employee timetable
Title:  Buck Bachmanns EL employee timetable
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 12:07:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Dennis Rollason
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  417   Comments: 0
Sterling Tower
Title:  Sterling Tower
Description:  in 1979
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 12:02:32 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  given to Buck by a Railfan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Buck on the EL - with Train Orders fork
Title:  Buck on the EL - with Train Orders fork
Description:  Working the train orders fork for a passing B&O
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 11:59:16 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Buck Bachmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  458   Comments: 3
A tower operator - just doing his job
Title:  A tower operator - just doing his job
Description:  He flagged a potentially dangerous failure on a passing B&O
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 12:05:12 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Dennis Rollason
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  559   Comments: 1
WM 7433 near Sterling
Title:  WM 7433 near Sterling
Description:  George Cheatwood photo
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 2/24/2025 12:21:41 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  George Cheatwood
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WM 7433(SD35) CO 4087(GP40)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
B&O 4186
Title:  B&O 4186
Description:  Eastbound past STERLING Tower
Photo Date:  11/14/1981  Upload Date: 12/2/2012 4:22:00 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Robert Farkfs
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  BO 4186(GP40-2)
Views:  834   Comments: 2
B&O 4156
Title:  B&O 4156
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  11/14/1981  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 5:02:30 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 4156(GP40-2)
Views:  1013   Comments: 4
BO 4212
Title:  BO 4212
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  3/23/1986  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 10:38:18 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 4212(GP40-2)
Views:  934   Comments: 1
CO 4166
Title:  CO 4166
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  3/23/1986  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 10:40:33 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CO 4166(GP40-2)
Views:  1001   Comments: 1
CO 903196
Title:  CO 903196
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  3/23/1986  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 10:41:22 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  701   Comments: 1
WM 3798
Title:  WM 3798
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/1986  Upload Date: 5/17/2023 11:15:28 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  George Cheatwood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WM 3798(GP40) BO 4444(GP40-2) BO 3812(GP38)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
BO 4433
Title:  BO 4433
Description:  136 EB
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 2/26/2018 11:44:34 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 4433(GP40-2)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
CSX 8380
Title:  CSX 8380
Description:  EB
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 2/26/2018 11:45:24 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8380(SD40-2)
Views:  821   Comments: 0
BO 7594
Title:  BO 7594
Description:  138 EB
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 2/26/2018 11:46:17 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 7594(SD40)
Views:  866   Comments: 0
CSX 8412
Title:  CSX 8412
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 8:59:16 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8412(SD40-2)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
CSXT 5905
Title:  CSXT 5905
Description:  Westbound
Photo Date:  4/10/1988  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 1:42:28 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5905(B36-7)
Views:  823   Comments: 2
CSX 5501
Title:  CSX 5501
Description:  R355 WB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/11/2018 4:09:12 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5501(B30-7)
Views:  787   Comments: 0
CSX 8417
Title:  CSX 8417
Description:  W227 EB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:47:09 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8417(SD40-2)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
CSX 2121
Title:  CSX 2121
Description:  R354 EB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:48:05 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 2121(GP38)
Views:  939   Comments: 0
CSX 5829
Title:  CSX 5829
Description:  136 EB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:49:07 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5829(B36-7)
Views:  781   Comments: 0
CSX 6290
Title:  CSX 6290
Description:  230 EB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:50:10 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6290(GP40-2)
Views:  706   Comments: 0
CSX 4114
Title:  CSX 4114
Description:  R355 WB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:51:10 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 4114(GP30)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
CSX 4114
Title:  CSX 4114
Description:  R355 WB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 5/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 4114(GP30)
Views:  750   Comments: 1
CO 903156
Title:  CO 903156
Description:  R355 WB
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:57:13 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  385   Comments: 0
CSX 6283
Title:  CSX 6283
Description:  136 EB
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 1/27/2018 8:55:10 AM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6283(GP40-2)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
CSX 6335
Title:  CSX 6335
Description:  136 EB
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 1:01:26 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6335(GP40-2)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
CSX 2051
Title:  CSX 2051
Description:  Chessie(CSX)-2051-GP38 at Sterling OH 06-16-1988
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 8:11:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 2051(GP38)
Views:  974   Comments: 0
CSX 6127
Title:  CSX 6127
Description:  Chessie(CSX)-6127-GP40-2 at Sterling OH 06-16-1988
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 8:14:05 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 6127(GP40-2)
Views:  985   Comments: 0
CSX 6239
Title:  CSX 6239
Description:  Chessie(CSX)-6239-GP40-2 at Sterling OH 06-16-1988
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 8:16:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 6239(GP40-2)
Views:  1156   Comments: 0
CSX 6328
Title:  CSX 6328
Description:  Chessie(CSX)-6328-GP40-2 at Sterling OH 06-16-1988
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 8:25:07 PM
Location:  Sterling, OH
Author:  Tim Leininger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 6328(GP40-2)
Views:  731   Comments: 0

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