Here are three photographs of trains in Northeast Ohio on Sept. 30, 2022.
We see RJ Corman 3001 southbound south of Canal Fulton. The same train is later shown entering Massillon.
Finally, Norfolk Southern 5321 and its train are sitting in Orrville. This local works Smucker’s and an industrial park.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
The sun can’t shine every day and when clouds roll in, as they often do in Northeast Ohio, some railfan photographers go trackside anyway. Here are two cloudy day photos made on June 9, 2022, of a southbound R.J. Corman train. In the top image, the train, with units 3001 and 1410 is in Clinton. The bottom photo shows the same train south of Canal Fulton.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
RJ Corman 5400 is northbound in Canal Fulton on April 12, 2010. Genset locomotives are no longer in use on this line.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
An Ohio Central B237-R and its train are southbound on the R.J. Corman Cleveland Subdivision at Butterbridge Road south of Canal Fulton on April 17, 2006. This pond has been photographed often by railfan photographers over the years.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
An R.J. Corman train rumbles southbound in Canal Fulton on Aug. 5, 2021. The grassy area once was the location of the Baltimore & Ohio station.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
A CSX train is running southbound in Canal Fulton on July 1, 2015. Running on the R.J. Corman Cleveland Subdivision, the train has a load of pipe train destined for a staging area in Massillon where the pipe will later be used in the construction of a natural gas pipline running through Ohio into Michigan.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
R.J. Corman GP20E No. 4119 is southbound in Canal Fulton on July 6, 2021. As I understand it, the grassy area in front of the train was once the location of the Baltimore & Ohio passenger station. The 4119 is a former Southern Pacific locomotive.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
The CSX Wooster Turn is on its way back to Warwick and is shown here in Canal Fulton backing up from Massillon on R.J. Corman rails.
On the point is former Baltimore & Ohio caboose 903042. The date of the photograph is May 22, 1997.
The Wooster Turn used Norfolk Southern’s Fort Wayne Line between Massillon and Wooster.
Corman acquired the former B&O branch line between Warwick and Uhrichsville in 1988, and bought the 2.16-mile Wooster Industrial Track from CSX in August 2002.
Here is a series of images of an Ohio Central train running northbound on R.J. Corman rails on April 19, 2010.
In the top image, the train is in Massillon passing under the Tremont Avenue SW bridge.
In the middle image it has reached Canal Fulton. The grassy area is the approximate location of the old Baltimore & Ohio railroad station.
In the bottom image the train is passing Warwick Tower.
An R.J. Corman train cruises southbound along Warwick Drive NW between Clinton and Canal Fulton.
Since last Sunday was the best weather from the past few days I went to Alliance to railfan. The first couple hours I had two eastbound stack trains but nothing westbound.
I found out that Norfolk Southern was doing track maintenance near Conway and no trains were being run. After noon, I went over to the Sebring model railroad club. Trains were moving here, albeit of the model variety.
After 2 p.m. NS opened the floodgates and I saw four trains in an hour. I relocated to Rootstown, catching another train.
Then I got word that an R.J. Corman train had just gone into Warwick to pick up some cars from CSX. I figured it would take 30-40 minutes to drive there so off I went.
I was just arriving as the train pulled out heading back south. Luckily, it doesn’t going very fast and made for an easy chase.
I got it several times at Canal Fulton and a couple more at Massilon. By now it was after 5 and the light was fading so I ended my chase here.
Article and Photographs by Todd Dillon
Coming through Canal Fulton.
Passing the large pond of a home south of Canal Fulton.
It must have been a slow day as the railfan chase crew was out in force. I see Bob Farkas at left near the train.
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