Northeast Ohio Triple Play

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

R.J. Corman Two for Tuesday

It’s time for an R.J. Corman two for Tuesday. The date is March 24, 1997, and GP16 No. 1824 is working on the Corman’s Cleveland Subdivision. In the top image it is shown sitting in Warwick while in the bottom image it leads a southbound train at Canal Fulton. The 1824 was built for the Atlantic Coast Line in February 1951 as a GP7. By the time it reached the Corman it had been rebuilt into a GP16.
Photographs by Robert Farkas

CPL Two for Tuesday

Here are two photos including long-gone ex-Baltimore & Ohio color position light block signals.

In the top image R.J. Corman RP20BD No. 5400 and its train are on Corman trackage in Clinton after interchanging with CSX on June 25, 2012.

The CPL on the right is for westbounds. I believe the CPL to its left is for RJ Corman trains to enter CSX tracks.

In the bottom image, after passing the eastbound signal at CP Lambert on the CSX New Castle Subdivision, Akron Barberton Cluster SW1500 No. 1502 is heading east on June 26, 2012. Notice 1502’s old number from Conrail on the number boards on the front.

Article and Photographs by Robert Farkas

Mistaken Identity

JRCC 3001 and RJ Corman 4119 are leading a Corman southbound train on March 18, 2022, southbound train. This is the first time I have seen JRCC 3001. Two of the images show the train leaving Clinton. A third photo shows it north of Canal Fulton. We believe the reporting marks are in error and that someone transposed the letters “R” and “J.”

Photographs by Robert Farkas

Waiting at CP Mace

R.J. Corman 9003 is awaiting Conrail’s permission to cross over at CP Mace in Massillon on Sept. 30, 1996, on the Fort Wayne Line.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Cloudy Two for Tuesday on R.J. Corman

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

Two for Tuesday in Warwick

Here are two from Warwick made on June 3, 2022. The top image of CSX 6248 is eastbound with what looks to be a local. The bottom image shows R.J. Corman No. 3001 running southbound past the former Warwick Tower, which is now used by maintenance of way crews. When I first saw this unit a few weeks ago, it was wrongly lettered “JR Corman.”

Photographs by Robert Farkas

R.J. Corman Two for Tuesday in Massillon

Here are two with some fall color taken on Nov. 1, 2021, in Massillon. An R.J. Corman GP20 is entering a short stretch of Norfolk Southern at CP Mace as it heads south. In the other image, the 4119 has left the NS Fort Wayne Line and is branching back to Corman rails.

Photographs by Robert Farkas

Corman Genset Two for Tuesday

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

Where B&O Once Boarded Passengers

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