Photographs that are a mere five years old don’t necessarily qualify as being “oldies,” but this March 2012 image shows the end of something that had been associated with Akron for 62 years.
In early 2012, workers came through Akron to lower the tracks of the CSX New Castle Subdivision as part of a clearance project associated with development of the National Gateway.
This included removing the last section of umbrella shed on the platform to the west of the former station concourse.
It is not clear why a portion of the umbrella shed was left in place. Perhaps it was to serve as a monument to what this building had once been.
The last intercity passenger train to stop at this location was Baltimore & Ohio No. 5, the Capitol Limited, which pulled away at 2:37 a.m. on May 1, 1971.
The next day, Akron no longer had intercity rail passenger service for the first time in more than 100 years.
The December 2017 issue of the Akron Railroad Club eBulletin will have a feature about the final decade of B&O passenger service in Akron.
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