A few other hotspots in Ohio for railfainning. Just west of Fostoria would be Deshler, Ohio, (there's a railroad park there too complete with picnic table and shelter). East of there near Willard is a place called Greenwich where the CSX main crosses another (now CSX main) coming from Cleveland. There's Berea, of course, near Cleveland. And finally, there's Marion. When the Spree is in Cleveland and you're coming from the midwest you can often stop at one or more of these. Marion is close to Columbus too when the Spree is there. Jeff Madden
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Jim Kindraka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Perhaps all you guys would be happier on a yahoo group for gearheads - I'm > sure there is one... The rest of us would like to get back to trains. > > Spent last Friday in Fostoria (Ohio) at their "railroad park". It's a dirt > parking lot next to a falling down fence with a pot-a-potty and trash barrel > chained to it. The railfan group there is a great bunch of well meaning > folks, but (IMHO) they lack the leadership to pull off a railfan park any > time soon. But........ true to Fostoria's history, the site absolutely does > not disappoint! Spent 4.5 hours in the Iron Triangle during the "mid day > lull" and photographed 24 trains! They say it is the busiest railfan spot > east of the Mississippi - I don't doubt it. Take a scanner... Side note - > Bob Nicholson and I visited Fostoria back in 1979(?) on the way back from > Orbisonia. It was great then and better today - Bob you better hop in > whatever you drive and make the trip. Some things are actually better now > than in those 'good ole days'... > > Saturday I made it back to DPV and completed DCC & sound equipping an A-B-B > set of OMI FA's. I also completed replacement of the motor coupling and > drive shafts on three more FA's. The mission is to get them running great in > DC before doing the Tsunami installations. Those three will get the same DCC > treatment next trip. I replaced the drive shafts with stock NWSL parts. I > know there was some traffic on this group about universal replacements, I > use/adapt NWSL couplings - haven't had a failure yet with those parts... > > Jim Kindraka > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
