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1938
portrait
of
Daniel
Willard,
president
for
many
years
of
the
B
&
O
Railroad.
In
1918
Chicago
Junction
was
renamed
Willard
in
honor
of
Daniel
Willard. |
No.
4000
Hump
Engine,
yardmaster,
clerk
and
crew,
1918. |
Historical "Tom Thumb" locomotive,
a reproduction brought into Willard for a special celebration in 1925. |
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No.
4000
Hump
Engine
and
yard
crew,
CA
1912. |
Engine
No.
1162
and
crew,
1906. |
Another view of the
"Tom Thumb" locomotive. |
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B
&
O
Scene
at
Chicago
Junction
in
1914. |
B
&
O
Roundhouse
at
Chicago
Junction
train
yard
showing
hand
operated
turntable,
1914. |
New B & O turntable built 1926 to replace a previous
hand operated one at the Willard
roundhouse.
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Wreck
of
Sandusky-Newark
Div.
between
Havana
and
Monroeville
CA
1908.
Note
that
they
must
have
not
been
as
worried
about
liability
with
the
children
playing
on
the
wreck. |
B
&
O
engine
No.
4479
Mikado
type
engine.
Later
the
name
was
changed
to
McCarther
type,
no
doubt
due
to
WWII
with
Japan.
It
was
one
of
the
main
stays
of
the
freight
fleet
of
steam
power
used
on
the
B
&
O
railroads
up
until
the
1950s. |
Both old and new locomotives with the Round
House in the background at the Willard B & O train yard in 1938.
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This is Camelback Engine
No. 542, built in the
early 1870s and being used in Havana, Ohio to switch cars. The
locomotive is on the main track with three other yard tracks next to the
main. This 1870s picture shows the water tank built around the
boiler top, thus its name, Camelback. Note the large whale oil head
lamps, the flared smokestack, the steam dome with whistle and lever
fastened directly to the dome. The wood box containing the fuel for
switching or very short trips. For longer trips, a car loaded with
wood to supply the engine would be needed. This engine was junked in
1895. |
An
old
four
wheeled
caboose
on
the
caboose
track
at
Willard
probably
in
the
early
1900s.
The
crew
was
cleaning
house
in
their
home
away
from
home,
plus doing a
little
fooling
around.
The
man
wearing
the
lampshade
was
"Monty"
Weaver,
the
father
of
Earnest
Weaver
and
the
grandfather
of
George
"Monty"
Weaver.
George
worked
in
the
Post
Office
instead
of
railroading. |
1891
picture of one of the "high wheeler" engines of the era.
Note that the drivers are at least as high as a man's head. The
engineer (dressed in white) was killed in 1892 when one of the driving
arms came off and whipped up into the cab. The wood cab was nearly
cut in half. The engineer, Walter Bramble, is buried at the Steuben Cemetery.
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B
&
O
Engine
6152
and
crew
at
the
Willard
train
yard
inspection
pit,
March
16,
1934. |
Old
B
&
O
ice
house
where
ice
cut
in
Sandusky
bay
was
stored.
CA
1910. |
Locomotive No. 5344
of the New York Central , later the A C & Y, at Plymouth,
1908. |
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An
unusual locomotive, the "Mother Hubbard", CA 1904. Note
the water tank built into the rear with the fireman's station also at the
rear and the engineer cab near the center. The fireman had to climb
along the engine to get to the engineer. Also note the unusually
large counterweights on the drive wheels. |
This wreck on the Front Street overpass
almost dumped one car on the street. The young lady at the left with
the typical "flapper" outfit, short skirt [for that era], and
bobbed hair, fixes the time at about 1923.
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Yard
Inspectors in Feb., 1934. The Railroad had many crews such as this
group and was once the largest employer in Willard. Because of automation,
employment is only a fraction of old days even though the yard itself is
still very large. If you click on the picture for enlargement, names are
listed above the picture.
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Ladies engine cleaning crew of the Willard
train yard from the 1940s. From left to right, Loretta Webb,
Margie Fox, Bettie Owens, Mary Lee Burton, Georgia Lykins, and Arlene
Backensto. This photo and the one to the right, were donated to the
Library in memory of Jim Hinebaugh who worked for the Railroad for many
years. |
Another ladies engine cleaning crew from the
1940s. Ladies were often hired during the war years to work in
what had been a men's domain. Bottom row: Rosie Slotterer, Peggie
Slotterer, Mary Lee Burton. Middle: Betty Owens. Top row:
Ila Post, Unknown [back of picture says "Me"], Gladys Arndt, Mary
[Arndt?], and Mary Grama (foreman).
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