GREENE COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
New Jasper		New Jasper Sta. Rd.	P	????	????	Gone	Wood
Xenia		Xenia Bicycle Hub, a park on Miami St. between S. Detroit St. and S. West St.	F	Civic	1998	Gone	Brick
Yellow Springs		Hilda Rhan Park	P	Civic	????	Gone	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Alpha		Tod Pidgeon writes (2/06/99): I went to Alpha and so far I can't find a building that convinces me that it's a station. There is a building that is next to the RR on Alpha rd in Alpha. The building is on the property of the Alpha Seed & Grain looks abandoned. The building in question looks like it was the office for the grain elevator. It has a scale on the side away from the RR and it doesn't have platform or anything. This building has a sign on the front that says "Alpha Museum" sponsored by the E.J. Nutter foundation. There no address on the building but the building to the south has the St # of 745 and the zip code for Alpha 45301. I'm not convinced this is not the station or that Alpha never had a station because when I was a kid I remember the sign on route 35 used to say Alpha Station Rd. Now it just says Alpha. Tod Pidgeon writes (2/18/99): The Alpha station used to be on Orchard Rd. Alpha is just to the west of this location. The Greene county historical museum has a picture of the station. It was a small building and has a sign on the side of it which simply said "AL". It was located on the south side of the tracks. The story is that the station was moved to the back of one of the houses in Alpha as some kind of out building and then was demolished a few years ago.
Bowersville		Station was built in the late 1800s along a line begun by the DT&I to run from Jeffersonville in Fayette County to Waynesville in Warren County. The line was completed as far south as Bowersville were the wooden passenger station was built. The line, known locally as "The Grasshopper," was abandoned early in the 20th Century. Mark Camp reported on 10/16/00 that he could not locate this station. Can anyone provide more info/directions?
Cedarville		This station sat at the bend on East St. on the north side of the tracks. There was also a freight house on the west side of Main St. where a parking lot exists today (2008).
Jamestown		This station was built sometime between 1894 and 1899 and sat on Railroad Street (now Verity St.) between S. Church and Sycamore. Prior to that there was an older station on this site, but a bit to the west.
Osborn		This town was located in what is now the flood basin of the Huffman Dam. The town was relocated several miles away in 1921 during construction of the dam to a site near Fairfield. The depot was cut in two and moved to the new location. In 1950, Fairfield and Osborn were merged as Fairborn. This station was on South Railroad Street.
Osborn		See note above. This station was on North Railroad Street. The building between the tracks was the Tranchant & Finnell Elevator.
Xenia
Xenia
Yellow Springs		Station was off Corry Street. The Little Miami RR was later part of the PRR.
1898 GREENE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... New Jasper (CH&D) - Depot was located in grain elevator. Passenger platform was built between elevator building and tracks. Line was operated as the Ironton branch of the B&O. CSX abandoned the line in 1983. Building in extremely poor condition and may be razed when paved bike path is built along right of way between Xenia and Jamestown. Can anyone provide a photo? Is this still around? Xenia (Replica) - This replica of the Panhandle (PRR) freight house and XG tower was dedicated May 1998. The original structure stood about 150 feet east of the current building where the parking lot is now. Built in the Xenia yard near Shawnee Creek some time around 1880 (a flash flood May 12, 1886 killed 28 in the neighborhood of the freight yard. It still is Ohio's deadliest flash flood), it was used as the Panhandle (PRR after April 1920) freight station on the ground floor, XG tower controlling divergent tracks to Cincinnati, Dayton and Springfield on the second floor until the passenger station just west (built in 1850 for the Little Miami RR) was demolished in 1955. It housed the Xenia passenger station on the ground floor from 1955 to the end of Amtrak passenger service on Oct. 10, 1979. From 1979 to 1986 it housed a Conrail office. This original structure was demolished during the summer of 1988. - Tom Vondruska Yellow Springs (Replica) - When the railroad was first put in Yellow Springs it was a resort town people used to come there for the healing powers of the springs. It was suppose to go through Clifton originally but was rerouted as a reward to William "Judge" Mills for securing loans for the penniless Little Miami RR and was completed to Springfield by August of 1846. Brigitta Valey writes: In 1967 my parents recovered the station from certain destruction before the village of Yellow Springs could demolish it. In short, the village considered the station an eyesore in 1967 and the fire department was going to burn it as practice but all pieces of the structure were saved. The walls of the station were stolen and used for horse shelters. However, all of the architectural elements were stored and some pieces were restored. I know this because I grew up with them in my parents house until my father transferred them to a friend who then transferred them to another friend. Now, 32 years later, the "Gothic Multi-use Pennsylvania RR Station" has been rebuilt as close to historical dimensions, including as much as the original architecture as possible. It was dedicated 5/8/99 not far from where it originally stood. The station was originally just off Corry St. very close to the center of the village. The replica station now serves the community as the chamber of commerce office and public restrooms. The replica includes the original station's windows and ticket counter that separated the office from the freight storage. The brackets are also original and were restored and used on the superstructure. Original vents have been incorporated into the modern heating and cooling system making it as the original station looked in 1870. Because of the age of the wood some window frames and cornice pieces could not be used.