Existing Erie County Stations

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City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes
Berlin Hts. NKP SR. 61 P Civic ???? In Use Wood NS Amer. Legion Hall. Moved a short distance.
Castalia LE&W SR 269 N. of town
at Cement St.		 P Civic ???? Gone Wood None Moved, now houses Lions Club. This station was on the north side of the tracks on the east side of SR 269 (Washington St.), virtually "next door" to the CCC&St.L station listed below. 
Castalia CCC&St.L
(NYC)		 818 Bardwell Road C Residence ???? None Wood None This passenger station later served as a freight station. It was moved approx. two miles from orig. location in 1952. The original location was on the north side of the tracks on the east side of SR 269 (Washington St.). See photos of the station being moved.
Huron LS&MS Huron & Standard St. F Business ???? In Use Wood NS  
Kimball B&O/NKP Was at Delamatre Rd.
location now unknown		 P Vacant ???? Gone Wood None Moved. See notes
Kimball B&O/NKP At a farm on Strecker Rd. near the old B&O grade. F ???? ???? Gone Wood None  
Milan W&LE SR 13 near Tpk. P Civic ???? None Wood None Moved from Monroeville around 1980. See a page about it and the park it is in.
Sandusky LS&MS N. Depot St. at Carr P Civic/
Railroad		 1892 In Use Stone/
Brick		 NS Now an Amtrak
stop and EMS HQ following restoration!
On National Register
of Historic Places. A panoramic map of the city from 1883 shows a frame depot at the same location.
Vermilion NKP East of SR 60 on N.
side of NS tracks. Behind historic schoolhouse.		 P Civic 1882 In Use Wood NS Moved 500 ft. north of NS main near school.
On National Register
of Historic Places. See note.
Vermilion LS&MS SR 60 at CR tracks P Civic ???? In Use Wood NS St. Mary's Church Meeting Hall
Vermilion LS&MS Across tracks and West of pass. depot. F ???? ???? In Use Wood CSX Modified. Hard to recognize.

Notes...

Kimball - The station did not burn as previously reported. It has been dismantled by a guy from Norwalk. All the pieces have been numbered for reassembly elsewhere.

Vermilion NKP - There is a serious effort by a core of individuals that are restoring the depot. It is in great shape. Help is needed by anyone interested in creating a site for railfans to visit and chat when visiting Vermilion to photograph the huge amount of rail traffic. If you are interested in joining the Vermilion NKP Depot group, we can use you.  The Vermilion group would like to establish this as an interpretive museum, and even re-lay some track in front of the depot for display, even though the operating NS main runs only 150 feet away. We would like you to visit. Please call Don Harbaugh at (440) 967-2265 weekdays from 9-5. 

Sandusky (Mad River) - In the old days this building was between the Sandusky Crayon company to the east and Sandusky Sash Door & Lumber to the west. The freight house was to the north of the station toward the lake.

 

Erie County Stations Of The Past

Station Railroad Notes
Prouts B&O  
Sandusky B&O The passenger station was on National Register of Historic Places and sat at East Washington and Warren Streets. The B&O also had a 476-foot long freight house on the lake past the end of where Franklin Street intersects with Water Street. The B&O grain elevator was two slips to the east. There was also a freight office near that corner and the B&O round house was in between the freight office and freight house.
Sandusky PRR The PRR passenger station was on the northwest corner of Water and Decatur Streets. The freight house was about 400' to the north of the passenger station.
Sandusky Sandusky & Columbus Shortline RR This railroad had a freight station near the on King Street north of Madison Street. It sat across diagonally southwest and across the street from the Stang Brewery. 
Sandusky LS&MS The LS&MS had a freight station at 423 Water Street just east of the intersection with Hancock Street. It was on the north side of the street across from the John Dorn Wine Company. There were also two freight stations (inbound and outbound) at the intersection of Central Ave. and North Depot Street. Another freight station was just northeast of the intersection of Lawrence & Water Streets adjacent to the Woolsey Wheel Company warehouse.
Sandusky Mad River The original Mad River station was built in 1838 and was Ohio's first railroad station.

Some people claim that the Fedderson Building is the original Mad River station, however this does not seem to be the case as the Fedderson Building is of much newer vintage.

The photograph linked to the left was taken after the building housed the office for the Gilcher & Schuck Lumber Company.
Sandusky Mad River (later CS&C, IB&W, CCC&St.L) This was most likely the station that went into service after the original mad River station went out of service and passed ownership of the building to Gilcher & Schuck. This second generation station was located at Water and Lawrence Street. See this map from 1883 and this old Sanborn Fire Map. The 1855 Sandusky City Directory lists the Mad River station's location as "Water Street between Fulton and Lawrence." It lists the freight office at 282 Water St. This line was at various times known as the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland and was held in receivership by the Indiana, Bloomington & Western (IB&W). Later it was part of the CCC&St.L. There was a large freight house on the dock north of the intersection of Lawrence and Water Streets. The company also had an office and platform on Water St. with a restaurant in the basement.
Sandusky LE&W The LE&W had a roundhouse and shops at the western end of South Depot Street. Was there a passenger station near there too?
Venice LS&MS The station sat at the north end of Niagara Street at the tracks.

1898 Erie County Railroad Map