SENECA COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Amsden County Road 28 P Residence ???? None Wood
Berwick SR 587 C Garage ???? None Wood
Fostoria 500 S. Main P Railroad 1907 In Use Brick
Fostoria
AND
 CSX yard at foot of East 6th Street P Railroad ???? In Use Wood
Fostoria East High and Spruce F Railroad 1891 In Use Wood
Fostoria SR 12 at C&O tracks F ???? ???? In Use Wood
Fostoria Cadwallader and E. North Street C Vacant ???? In Use Wood
Fostoria 128 East North Street P Civic ???? Gone Wood
Green Springs S. Broadway (SR19) at Railroad St. C Storage ???? Gone Wood
Tiffin 65 N. Monroe, between Monroe and Adams Streets P Restored 1862 Gone Brick
Tiffin North corner of Benner & Adams Streets (between N. Monroe and Adams St.) just to the SW of the passenger station. F ???? ???? Gone Brick  
Tiffin West of SR 53 overpass on N. Monroe Street F Vacant 1872 In Use Brick  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Attica
AND
 This station was on the south side of E. Tiffin Street. At one time it served the PRR and the Sandusky & Columbus Short Line RR.
Attica The station was built in 1888 (according to the B&O Annual Report of that year).
Bascom The combination station here was on the west side of Beech Street (SR 635).
Bettsville
AND

 LE&W had either its own track extending down to Bettsville, or had trackage rights to Bettsville on the PRR according to an 1898 map.
Bloomville
Carrothers
AND
Fostoria This station was on Sandusky Street.
Fostoria This station was on the east side of South Union Street, just north of Bricker Street. It was on the north side of the tracks. There was an REA depot to the east.
Frank  
Green Springs This station was on South Broadway near the intersection with South Kansas Street. Although the county line runs through the center of town, both the Big 4 and NKP stations were on the Seneca County side of the line.
Kansas Closed by the RR in 1959 and relocated to the Fostoria yard. Later demolished.
Maple Grove
AND
 From the design, this station looks as though it may have served both the PRR and NKP.
New Riegel  
Old Fort
Scipio It appear from the photo that this larger building, which may have been a store or hotel, doubled as the RR station.
Tiffin This station was on the east side of North Monroe Street, on the south side of the B&O tracks.
Tiffin This TWV&O (later PRR) station was on the east side of Washington Street between Harrison and Water Streets. The freighthouse was on the SE corner of Hudson and North Monroe Streets. The station was most likely built by the Northwest Ohio Railroad as it appears on maps from that era.
1898 SENECA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Amsden (LE&W) - I can't determine just where the depot originally sat, but it was nearby its present location. As you can see, an interurban ran behind the depot. The depot was moved to the old interurban right-of-way. I believe this was done in the N&W era. To get to the depot, take SR12 north from Fostoria about 5.3 miles, turn left on CR8 (there is a sign here that says Amsden), go to Amsden and turn left on CR28. Go thru town to the old right-of-ways. The depot is the second building from the road. You can still see some ginger bread trim under the eaves on north (I think) end. The building had the eave area filled in for closet space. The depot is still used as a residence on 5-4-2001. --Bob Albert, NKPH&TS .

Berwick (CCC&St.L) - The Berwick passenger and freight stations are on SR 587 near where the RR crossed the highway. The Berwick buildings were combined into one building and are now a garage/shop.

Fostoria (B&O) - Amtrak stop.

Fostoria (B&O/C&O) - Moved in 1930s. Was a station at nearby junction.

Fostoria (????) - What is this building? Some have suggested that it is an NYC station.

Fostoria (C&O) - The passenger station was adjacent to this freight house.

Fostoria (LE&W) - Used as a Campfire Girls clubhouse.

Fostoria (T&OC) - The Fostoria Railroad Preservation Society is in the process of raising funds to relocate the T&OC depot to the new Fostoria Iron Triangle Railpark. The depot will be open to the public as a museum and will have displays and historical information on hand . Its new location will be on Columbus Avenue

Green Springs (CCC&St.L) - The Big 4 also owned a grain elevator across the tracks from the station.

Tiffin (SD&C) - This Sandusky, Dayton and Cincinnati RR (later IB&W, then CCC&St.L, then NYC) station sits along an old boardwalk area next to an old candy store. Across the abandoned tracks to the SW is the old freight station which appears to be part a of a complex of modern buildings. Jim Cook tells of the former Tiffin stations: The Baltimore and Ohio station sat on the Southeast corner of the intersection of the railroad and N. Monroe;  The TVW&O (later PRR) station sat on the Northeast corner of the intersection of the railroad and N. Washington street at the top of a steep stairway.