Below is a table of stations that may or may not be still standing. If you happen though any of these places and can get a definitive answer about them, your help will be greatly appreciated. This is the "rumor mill" section of the page where we hope to turn up some hidden gems! The info may be sketchy, and many are probably gone, but this is all I have on these stations. There are also a few other detailed questions below the table. Info below provided by many people, special thanks to Mark Camp for many of these from his past articles in the Railroad Station Historical Society Bulletin. Send updates/corrections/revelations to danvwest@msn.com.
| Town/Station | County | Questions/Clues |
| Berwick | Seneca | Clues:
Moved to farm?
Update: A local reported to me that this station burned down but the baggage shed was behind a house near the old RR bed. I looked for the baggage shed but saw no compelling buildings. -- Dan West (1/2/00) |
| Davis Station | Scioto | Clues: Moved to site on US 23? Here is an old photo of the station. |
| DeCliff | Marion | Clues: Moved somewhere? |
| Glenmore | Van Wert | Clues: Erie station, moved to farm? |
| Hopedale | Harrison | Clues: Supposedly moved north of town late 50's early 60's, believed to be used as farm building. Here is an old photo of the station. |
| Huntsville | Logan | Clues: Moved, converted to house? |
| Mechanicstown | Carroll | Clues: This station closed in 1954. A source says he heard an engineer out of Minerva named Bob Brothers bought it, disassembled it and moved it to Lake Milton, Portage County, Ohio for a summer cottage. The building along the tracks now in Mechanicstown is not the station, but rather the old operator's shanty from Piney Fork. |
| Milledgeville | Fayette | Clues: Moved away from tracks? |
| Murray City | Hocking | Clues: The C&O station in town has been restored, but there may have been an older Hocking Valley station, or a possibly a freight house, that was moved to a place called "Buckeye Trail Riders" Campgrounds. |
| New Dover | Union | Clues: Moved to farm somewhere approx. 3mi from orig. location. |
| New Reigel | Seneca | Clues:
Moved, T&OC.
Update: A local told me where the station was moved to (the old sawmill) but thought that it may have been torn down. I went to the site and found no station. -- Dan West (1/2/00) |
| New Straitsville | Perry | Clues: No info, just reportedly exists somewhere. Here is what I believe to be an old photo of the station. |
| Radcliff | Vinton | Clues: Moved to site North of town on SR160? |
| Springdale? | Fulton | Clues:
There is what appears to be a small station at the corner of SR
529 and SR 61 north of Fulton (in Morrow Co.). It is not far from the
location of the Fulton station and the old T&OC line. This small blue building has a station
sign on it that reads "Springdale." The current owner of the
house did not know the history of the building. It appears to have been
set up on stones and is a different architectural style than the house.
On the back side of the building is an area that had not been painted
and was still green. The only Springdale I found on Ohio maps was near
Cincinnati, many miles away. However, there is a "Springdale" cemetery
somewhere in Lincoln Township (this building is in Lincoln Twp.).
Does anyone know if a stop on the T&OC near here could have been called Springdale at one time? I have been told that it was probably a coaling shack which it very well might be. Anyone know for certain about this structure? Here is a photo of the building in question. |
| St. James | Morrow | Clues: Big 4 depot, is/was part of feed mill? Here is an old photo of the station. |
| Storms | Ross | Clues: Moved and converted into two storage sheds? DT&I |
| Summit Hill | Ross | Clues: Across from old store, supposedly a heavily altered residence. |
| Thurston | Fairfield | Clues: Freight depot moved to lot west of tracks? |
| Toledo (Manhattan) |
Lucas | Clues: W&LE Manhattan station, now residence? |
| Vickery | Sandusky | Clues: Moved to former/current 4-H club (Rough Riders) grounds? I have searched for this a couple times but have had no luck turning up the building or anyone who knows what happened to it. |
| Wayne (Prairie Depot) |
Wood | Clues: T&OC residence, heavily modified. Here is an old photo of the stations at Prairie Depot. |
| Wellington | Lorain | Clues: While traveling through Southern Medina County on River Corners Rd. I found the Wellington (Lorain Co.) LS&MS? station on a back road at a private residence but it was 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?? |
| West Jefferson | Madison | Clues: G. S. Jones of Columbus writes: I was taking a train from Columbus to Moraine the other day and noticed that there is a small building that looks like a station sitting just south of our elevation (at the base of it)...and across from a lumber yard or mill of some type...in West Jefferson in Madison County. It's buried pretty well behind the business district off U.S. 40...and there seems to be no former right of leading to it. It may have been moved at some point as there is a fill coming off the current right of way that drops down a good grade to an old factory north of the tracks. I asked some other crewmen, and old timers if they knew any thing of it...they did not. |
| Williston | Ottawa | Clues: Moved to "Howard Farms" area? Howard Farms is north of Bono in the Reno Beach area in Lucas Co. north of SR 2. |
| Zaleski | Vinton | Clues:
None.
Update: I was told this was still around but a visit in 1999 turned up no station and a few locals who claimed it was demolished in the 1960s. Has it been moved? -D.W. |
| Town/Station | County | Questions/Clues/Answers |
| Amsden | Seneca | Clues:
The LE&W station was moved and was turned into a house.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Bob Albert of the NKPT&HS reports that the Amsden depot was indeed made into a residence and is still being used as such in 2001. See the Seneca County page for more info. |
| Coal Grove | Lawrence | Clues:
Moved but near track (near bridge to Ashland)
MYSTERY SOLVED: Mark Camp reports that this station is gone. |
| Findlay | Hancock | Clues:
The two big stations are gone but the CH&D station may have been
moved and converted to a residence.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Two stations still existed until recently, see the Hancock Co. page for details. |
| Fort Jennings | Putnam | Clues:
Cloverleaf (NKP) station. Residence near Cloverdale? Is this the same as
the Cloverdale NKP station already listed or are there two in the area?
MYSTERY SOLVED: Yes, this is the same station that is at a residence near Cloverdale. It is located on Road 21L. |
| Kemp | Allen | Clues:
Moved, converted to apartment?
MYSTERY SOLVED: Dan Meckstroth tracked this one down. It sits about 150 feet north of the tracks on the west side of Kemp Road and is used as a two-unit apartment. The building is in great shape. The roof was raised and two dormers added for a second story. The building faces north and south, having been moved from it original east west facing when in use. |
| Kirkwood | Shelby | Clues:
Moved to town? Visible from I-75? Mark Camp reports (2/18/99) that this
station has been torn down or moved again from its last known site.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Scott Trostel writes: This station was moved to a farm south of the Slater crossing and stood until the early 1980s, when it just fell apart from neglect. It had been built in 1893 for the Ohio Southern Railroad, a photo of it appears page 54 of my DT&I book. |
| Leipsic | Putnam | Clues:
Is/was a church on Baltimore St.? Altered and sided.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Mark Camp reports on 11/06/00 that the station is located on Belmore & Center streets. It has been modified quite a bit and is not easy to spot. |
| Lemert | Crawford | Clues:
T&OC, now part of grain company? I have briefly looked for this on
one occasion and did not find it or the grain company. Did not have the
opportunity to talk to any locals. --D.W.
MYSTERY SOLVED: A local claims that both the station and the grain company it may have been moved to are now history. |
| Middlepoint | VanWert | Clues:
Wooden PRR combination station was/is auto parts store? Daniel
Meckstroth reports finding no such building on a August 1999 trip but
the exact location was originally not known or posted to this page.
Anyone have an address or know for sure?
MYSTERY SOLVED: Daniel Meckstroth talked with some life-long residents. They verified the fact that the station was torn down in the 60s or 70s and showed him the foundation north of the tracks where the station sat. The interurban station on the south side of the village was where the car parts or used car business was once located. They said the interurban lasted until 1932, but the building still remains. |
| New Lexington | Perry | Clues:
Near SR 13 at junction of CR line and shortline that ran to Zanesville??
MYSTERY SOLVED: Tom Swisher reports on 1/03/98 that the wood frame building at the junction is the old section house, which is still in use by Conrail. Nearby is a small building built a few years ago by Conrail for train crews to use; this building replaced the old depot which was torn down in the late 1990s. Additionally, Matt Fisher writes: That Depot was razed in March of 1998 after the City of New Lexington did not want it. The new building was built in the fall of 97 for M of W. The old REA building still stands and is used for storage of crossing signal equipment. |
| New Winchester | Crawford | Clues:
Moved to a distant site, possibly a residence?
MYSTERY SOLVED: See Crawford Co. page. |
| Oakland | Butler | Clues:
West of Monroe St across from current/former Manchester Machine? PRR Where is/was this
town?
MYSTERY SOLVED: See Butler Co. info. |
| Portage | Wood | Clues:
A residence in town?
MYSTERY SOLVED: Mark Camp reports on 11/05/00 that the station was moved a second time and now sits at the end of 2nd Street, north of the village park. |
| Slater | Auglaize | Clues:
DT&I moved to farm S. of old diamond.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Scott Trostel writes - That station was torn down in 1993 and the wood was burned. It was given to the agent upon his retirement in 1954 and moved to his yard a few doors west of the railroad. |
| Venedocia | Van Wert | Clues:
Now part of feed mill?
MYSTERY SOLVED: Daniel
Meckstroth talked to an old time railroader in the area who said the
building next to the tracks was owned and used by the grain elevator,
and was definitely |
| Zanefield | Logan | Clues:
A local reports that the T&OC station was moved to the local fish
and game club but then burned down a few years ago. However, another
depotfan claims that there is a possible depot-looking structure at the
club now. Unknown if it is actually a depot and if so where it came
from.
MYSTERY SOLVED: Dick Wilkins writes - While in Zanesfield this past month, I determined to find out the disposition of the depot at the present. The Depot had been moved to the Trout Club be used as a Club House, as it was, until 1960, when it was completely destroyed by fire. They did save the two Brass signs (Zanesfield), one was placed on a NEW structure which was built a short distance from where the original had stood. The other Brass sign (Zanesfield) was placed on the Zanesfield Fire Station & Town Hall where it is now. |
