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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Current Location |
Type | Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| Amherst |  |
North side of Franklin Avenue near Hazel Street | F | Civic | 1905 | In Use | Brick |
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| Avon |  |
36840 Detroit Road (SR 254) | C | Business | 1882 | None | Wood |
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| Elyria |  |
49 East Ave. at Depot St. | P | Vacant | 1923 | In Use | Brick |
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| Elyria | |
412 E. River & Buckeye | F | Business | 1923 | In Use | Brick |
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| Elyria |
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E. River & Buckeye | P | Railroad | ???? | In Use | Metal | |
| Grafton |  |
West side Cleveland St at Ontario St. | F | Railroad Storage |
???? | In Use | Wood |
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| Kipton | |
Along bike path | F | Storage | ???? | Gone | Wood |
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| Oberlin | |
Depot Park, SR 58 South of Downtown near South Street | C | Business | 1867 | Gone | Wood |
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| Oberlin |
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SR 18 West of Wellington | C | Excursion Line | 1855 | In Use | Wood |
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| Rochester |  |
South St. off SR511 across from church | P | Museum | 1860s | None | Wood |
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| Wellington | |
???? | P | ???? | ???? | ???? | Wood |
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| Wellington | |
SR 18 (Herrick Avenue) & Kelley Street | F | Business | ???? | In Use | Wood |
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| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Amherst | |
This station was located on the north side of the tracks near the intersection of Mill Avenue and Spring Street. Passenger service ended in 1947 and the station was demolished in 1951. | ||||||
| Elyria | |
The LS&MS passenger station was on Railroad Street (Depot St.) between Washington and North East Avenue. There were several other railroad structures nearby such as a water tank (across from the station), pump house (to the west on the bank of the river), repair shop, road master's office, tool house and express office. Most of those facilities, including the station, were gone by 1923 when the new passenger station went into operation. Farther to the east across East Avenue and to the north was the roundhouse and turntable. The original LS&MS freight station was at the intersection of Tremont and Lake Streets (formerly Mill St.). It was on the north side of the tracks | ||||||
| Elyria | |
This station was located on the south side of Huron Street with the freight station on the north side of the street. The stations were on the east side of the B&O tracks and an LS&MS interlocking tower was on the west side. The photo shows a 1908 wreck on the LS&MS near the B&O crossing and station. | ||||||
| Grafton | |
The passenger station was just to the west of the still existing freight station near the intersection of Ontario, Cleveland and Main. It was demolished sometime between 1927-1945. | ||||||
| Grafton | |
This was the first station in Grafton for the Big 4. It was later replaced by a new passenger station and then served as a freight house. It was destroyed in a 1966 derailment. | ||||||
| Grafton | |
Both the passenger and freight stations were southeast of Cleveland St. and northwest of Main Street. | ||||||
| Kipton | |
Built in 1891. | ||||||
| Lagrange | |
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| Lorain | AND  |
Built in 1882. | ||||||
| Lorain |  |
This freight house sat near West 13th and Broadway. It was demolished March 13, 2008. | ||||||
| Wellington |  AND  |
According to the 1884 Sanborn map, there was a joint freight station at the crossing of the W&LE and CCC&I with platforms along each track. | ||||||
| Wellington | |
This freight house was burned by fire and subsequently torn down by the W&LE in 2002. Apparently it was set afire by someone who was intent on robbing a bank in town, while the safety forces were at the fire scene. It was located in the eastern quadrant of the W&LE/CCC&St.L diamond between two W&LE spur tracks. | ||||||
| Wellington | |
The passenger station was located at the west end of Erie Street, just west of Wheeling Avenue. | ||||||
| 1898 LORAIN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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| Notes About Existing
Stations... Amherst (LS&MS) - Display of C&O pass. cars and caboose on site. On National Register of Historic Places. This replaced an earlier frame station. Avon (NKP) - Moved. Now behind Police Station. Now a model RR shop. 1918 B&O caboose on site. Elyria (NYC - Passenger) - On National Register of Historic Places. The Lorain County Commissioners have along with the city of Elyria, purchased the building. The plans are to reopen the station for passengers, and close the Amtrak "shack" station. The plan is to also open a small restaurant in the station, and other small businesses if space permits. Hopes are that Amtrak, a local taxi service, possibly Greyhound Bus, and The Lorain County Transit Authority will all relocate to this site once some modification and repairs are made. There is an auto body shop within the building, towards the rear of it. This will be removed when station renovation begins taking place. John Thompson reports in 2007 that the depot is currently undergoing massive renovation to restore it to a multipurpose transportation center. Elyria (NYC - Freight) - See Notes. On National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP says that this was built in 1923, but a freight house is shown at this location on the 1910 Sanborn maps. So, the building may be older or there may have been a wooden predecessor station here. Amtrak shack nearby. Tracks were elevated through town approx. 1913-1923. Work was interrupted for a time due to WWI. Although station remains mostly vacant, some small businesses are now located within premises. Station is on National Register of Historic Places. Grafton (B&O) - Approx. 30 yards east of SR 57 passing through town, on north side of downtown, adjacent to current CSX tracks near Grafton Tower. Kipton (LS&MS) - This was the passenger station until 1891 when a new station was built. Oberlin (LS&MS) - Caboose on site. On National Register of Historic Places Oberlin (TN&C) - This was the original Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland station. It's original location was the east side of South Main on the south side of the tracks in Oberlin. It later served as a freight station when the LS&MS built a new station on the west side of South Main. Still later, it was moved to Wellington and is now operated by the Lake Shore Railway Association. Rochester (CCC&St.L) - Moved from original location. Wellington (CCC&St.L) - While traveling through Southern Medina County on River Corners Rd. I found the Wellington (Lorain Co.) station on a back road at a private residence but it was in the process of being dismantled by Amish workers and loaded onto a truck. One of the workers informed me that the depot was being moved to Michigan (near Detroit). No other info was available. Anyone know more about this station? The original location of this station was on Kelly Street, just SW of Johns Street. --Dan West Wellington (CCC&St.L) - Used as storage. Sometime between 1904-1911 this station was moved across the tracks to the NW side of the tracks from it's original location on the SE side. There was a cheese wharehouse attached to the freight station when it was in its original location. |
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