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April 2025

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1927-1931 Remodeling Union Station
• 1906 - Souvenir of Columbus
• Dobro Train by Michael Irwin - Rhapsody of the Rails 1933 Movetone Film
• Marion Ohio Trains in the 1960s (EL/NYC/C&O/PRR/N&W)
  Video by Joe Slanser

March 2025

• March Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1976 - Columbus Union Station Photos By Larry Cunningham
• 1938 - C&SOE - 400 Series Brill Trolley Coach
• Columbus and the Coal Country Railroads, Part 2- NYC, (revised)
• Step-by-Step: How a Grain Elevator Operates

February 2025

• February Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus Union Station - Chronology
• Exploring Ohio's Interurban Era: The CD&M Interurban Line in 1932

January 2025

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1941 - Columbus Union Station Schedule
• Circa 1960 CUD Track Maps by Dan Macke
• 2023 Coal on the Great Lakes: Norfolk Southern's Massive 90-Year-Old
  Train-to-Ship Operation. by NKY Railfan.
• Time by Heather Cox Richardson

December 2024

• December Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Union Station No. 3, Arcade pre-1930 Photos
• 1940s Changing Trains in Columbus by John Anderson Carnahan - revisited
• 1971 Night & Day by Jon Bentz
• Columbus and the Coal Country Railroads, Part 1, revised
• 1941 - Nichols' Standard Railroad Textbook - By Clarence E. Nichols.
• Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station Museum.

November 2024

• November Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1928 - The Station Agent's Blue Book - By O. B. Kirkpatrick.
• 2024 - Union Pacific’s Big Boy Locomotive - with Jay Leno.

October 2024

• October Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Columbus and the Coal Country Railroads, Introduction - (revised)
• Union Station No. 3, Depot pre-1930 Photos - (revised, two additional photos)
• 1993 - Ohio Central - Cab Ride Newark to Columbus

September 2024

• Crayons and Colored Pencils by William B. Westhoff
• September Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• Stations & Depots (revised)
• Columbus Union Staton No 3 1997-1977
• Union Station No. 3, pre-1930 Photos
• 2022 - Ohio - The US Explained Series - Geoff Gibson
• 2022 - Why Ohio's Population Is So Equally Spread Out - Geoff Gibson

August 2024

• August Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1915 - Streetcar Transfers Part I - The Company's Proposal
• 1915 - Streetcar Transfers Part II - The Rider's Rebuttal

July 2024

• July Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1901 - CL&S Co. A New Interurban Comes to Columbus.
• 1957 - N&W Pillars of Smoke in the Sky.
• 2023 - Biking the Ohio to Erie Trail - Cincinnati to Columbus
• 2023 - Biking the Ohio to Erie Trail - Columbus to Cleveland

June 2024

• June Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1909 - CR&L Co. Ohio Inspection Bureau Report
• Bill Arter's Columbus Vignettes - Big Station.
• 1900 - CL&S Co. Interurban Chartered
• Manufactured Gas - A New York Legacy.

May 2024

• May Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1967 - PRR Industry Track Chart, Buckeye Division.
• 1894 - Columbus Central Street Railway - Electric Power House.
• 1895 - Electric Review, The Power Station of the CCS Co.
• 1895 - Electric Industries, The New Power House of the CCS Co.
• 1902 - How a Big Street Railway System is Handled.
• Railroad Songs From the Steam Era - revised.

April 2024

• April Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• CRP&L - Cleveland Avenue Carhouse
• 1901 - Electric Streetcar System Plans.
• 1925 - The First Streetcar in Columbus.
• 1933 - Streetcar Fire Caused by Broken Trolley Wire.

March 2024

• March Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• CRP&L - Merritt Street Carhouse.
• 1899 - The Columbus Rwy Co. - Combines Three Street Car Companies.
• Circa 1909 - Town and South High Streets - Looking North.
• 1998 - Memories of Buckeye Steel Castings.
• Ohio Steam Railroad Accidents - Revised With the Addition of
  1876 Ashtabula Bridge Accident.
• 1876 - Ashtabula Bridge Accident, by The History Guy.

February 2024

• February Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1906 - Street Railway Journal - Columbus Convention -
  multiple articles - updated.
• Circa 1900 - Town and South High Streets - Southwest corner
• Circa 1900 - Town and South High Streets - northwest corner
  (revised with additional photo)
• 1918 - Electric Traction - New Power Station for Columbus System.
• 1952 - Norfolk & Western - Modern Coal-Burning Steam Locomotives.

January 2024

• January Cartoon by William B. Westhoff
• 1952 - Buckeye Steel Castings - 50th Anniversary Open House.
• 1904 - Town and South High Streets - Northeast corner
• 1873 - New Street Car Barn on South High Street - CSR Co.
• 1885 - South High Stable/Carbarn Fire - CCSR Co.
• NYC Central Headlight, Nov. 1945, page 6 - T&OC, Ohio Central Division
• Bill Arter's Columbus Vignettes - Ohio Central Stn.