HARDIN COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Ada 112 Central St. P Society 1887 In Use Wood
Forest
102 W. Lima St. (SR 37) F Library 1887 In Use Brick  
Kenton 322 W. Franklin (SR 309 west
of courthouse)		 P Business 1882 Gone Brick  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Ada According to old maps, the old freight station sat on the southeast corner of where Johnson Street crosses the tracks. It sat directly across the tracks from the N.R. Park Grain Elevator and Warehouse.
Alger
Dunkirk The passenger station was in the northeast quadrant of the crossing with the T&OC. The freight station was on the east side of Main Street.
Dunkirk Anyone know where the passenger station sat? I believe it was on South Railroad Street south of Washington St. The T&OC had a freight station in the southeast quadrant of the crossing with the PRR and this building had frontage on West Washington Street.
Forest
Forest's union station sat across the transfer track from the location of the existing freight station on Lima Street. The station sat on the southeast corner of the diamond with platforms along both RRs. Across the Big 4 tracks was the interlocking tower.
Kenton The Big Four freight station was across the street (W. Franklin) from the existing passenger station.
Kenton The passenger station was about 100 yards back from the road on the east side of Fountaine Street (U.S. 68) with the freight station being further east toward Steiner Avenue.
Kenton The passenger station was located on the north side of West Decatur just west of South Main Street. The freight station was across the tracks just north of the river. This RR later became part of the T&OC.
Mt. Victory
Ridgeway
1898 HARDIN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Ada (PFt.W&C) - This Victorian era station has been placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The downstairs of the station is being used by the City of Ada. The upstairs is used by the Ada Model Railroad Assoc. This organization meets on Saturdays in the upstairs of the depot. For further information on this organization, contact Cass Telles.