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PRR INTERLOCKING
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BROAD
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PRR INTERLOCKING
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PITTSBURGH TO
COLUMBUS
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Dennison is the site of a very nicely restored PRR station. West of the S-curve here, the main line must have been quite a raceway, with the next substantial curve being in Coshocton. On the western edge of Uhrichsville, a B&O branch crosses the Panhandle main. A modern "signal" innovation is a standard road-type Stop sign on a yellow gate placed across the former B&O tracks on the S side of the crossing; when swung open, it blocks the Ohio Central. The connection remains in the SW corner, where the tower also stood. Connections also existed in the SE and NE quadrants.
The twin towns of Dennison and Uhrichsville are on the Stillwater River. To the west, near Riverside Park, the Muskingum River comes in from the north (Dover, New Philadelphia)
The PRR passes through the town of town of Gnadenhutten, with the town of Lock Seventeen on the opposite side of the river. (Presumably some Germans settled here!) The PRR, now with US 36 closely paralleling, crosses on a double-span truss bridge to the north side of the river. The river valley here is quite characteristic, and as a result, can be picked out of photos immediately by anyone who has visited. The valley floor, no doubt created by many previous course changes of the river, is flat, fairly wide, and relatively clear of trees. It is flanged by heavily forested bluffs that rise quite suddenly rise from the valley floor. This sort of topography is evident from about here nearly all the way to Newark.
This town had a small industrial area. A Western Railroad Supply (Chicago, Ill.) crossing signal is still standing. In town, the PRR Marietta Branch (Bayard and Dover to Cambridge and Mariettaz) crossed. The right of way has since been turned into a street (or the RR ran down the street?). A cantilever signal bridge still stands at this location. A small yard was nearby, entirely abandoned. No passenger station found in town, but the town has a street named Goedel, which, not coincidentally, is a cul-de-sac.
The valley through which the PRR has been coursing now begins to widen, with less abrupt hills on both sides. A triple-span steel truss bridge is present RR-west of town, where the PRR crosses to the south side of the river.
Shop buildings of the Ohio Central. On county road 16 NE of Cochocton, visible from the road just before a sharp bend and hill. Gettysburg engine [2001] present. Access is near a stream across from township road 165.
An N&W (W&LE?) branch crosses the river from the north, where it paralleled OH-93 and White Eyes Creek, and begins to parallel (more or less) the PRR.
Some ?shop buildings are present on the NW side of town, where the RR curves from westward to southward. The Walhonding River joins the Muskingum here. Farther south (RR-west) into town, both the passenger and freight stations are still standing [2001], both of brick construction with wooden eaves.
Somewhere nearby, a branch diverged and travelled a short distance WNW to Warsaw Jct., where it connected with the Zanesville Branch.
South of Coshocton is a graceful, 3-span truss bridge. Somewhere nearby (south of town?) on the ???main road , square blocks of stone can be seen -- probably a lock of the Ohio & Erie Canal.
Tower location is still [2001] evident. A deep ravine is to its west.
The PRR right of way of the Zanesville Branch crossing the Panhandle at grade and Ohio 16 is still evident. This branch turned sharply west just on the north side of OH-16 and, after proceeding west a bit, turned north to proceed to Warsaw Jct. and Killbuck on the CA&C. Cars are stored on the connection to the Zanesville Br.
In Trinway, the Muskingum River turns south. The PRR continues west through a valley with a shallow divide between this river and the Licking River. Both flow south and join in ???Zanesville.
The PRR comes in from the northeast and has a considerably tight curve to come alongside the B&O.
The Newark station is brick and is a substantial structure, with PRR keystones in the windows, in use [2001] as a business. A centilever signal bridge on the north side of the joint trackage still stands as well.
Mark D. Bej