N&W Col. - Sandusky Coal Line

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Jim,
   
  I do recall those Burma-Shave signs!
   
  The store is still in business as I saw an article on-line about it in the Columbus Dispatch.
   
  If I remember, it was open "seasonally."
   
  Often we would head to Lake Erie (Marblehead Peninsula-where we kept our boat) from our home in Flint during weekends and pretty much follow the N&W all the way to Bellevue or Sandusky, depending on which route we took.  Most trips we saw at least a train or two and paced some at times.
   
  After driving over the N&W at Marion (we could see the old coaling tower in the distance) we took Route 4 up through Bucyrus, etc...  Then, would often cut over to Route 269 and went right into Bellevue.  I recall crossing over The N&W Col-Sandusky line and then the line coming in from Toledo....almost always seeing a train on either track.  Then, crossing Sandusky Bay we could see the Penn Central bridge and train traffic at times.  I also seem to recall tracks that served a large quarry near Lakeside which I believe was the Lakeside & Marblehead Railway?  Not sure though, it that line still ran in the late 1960's.
   
  Randy Bly,
  Clearwater, FL

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
  Yes, I do!  It is (was?) along US23 just north of Troyton.  I liked the Burma-Shave style signs they had.  You can view the N&W tracks across the field out front.  Back when the intermediate signals were position lights, you could still tell the indication even though it was located quite a distance away.  Of course now the PLs at Troyton are gone too.

Jim Mihalek
Lakeville, MN


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