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Viewing Album:  Cascade Locks Area, CVSR & WE.
 
By:Fred Stuckmann
Dates:5/11/2009 - 8/31/2011
Album Info:At one time B&O, EL, ACY and the Valley Line all traversed this area. Thanks to Summit County Metroparks some of that history has been preserved. The CVSR and WE still travel through here but the rest is history.
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A piece of Valley Line and the WE bridge.
Title:  A piece of Valley Line and the WE bridge.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:19:35 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  193   Comments: 2
History Pt. 1
Title:  History Pt. 1
Description:  Notice the trestle in the picture. That is the ACY trestle, today operated by WE. Also shown in this album.
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:26:23 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
History Pt. 2
Title:  History Pt. 2
Description:  The track into downtown was Erie. We used that track to service BF Goodrich when it was still making tires. It was already stubbed short of the steam plant during my tenure.
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:22:47 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 1
A view of the WE bridge form the opposite side.
Title:  A view of the WE bridge form the opposite side.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:17:16 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Ohio Canal and CVSR bridge.
Title:  Ohio Canal and CVSR bridge.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:11:05 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Further down the path we see the WE, former ACY/NW bridge, as well as a still existing business, though not served by any railroad.
Title:  Further down the path we see the WE, former ACY/NW bridge, as well as a still existing business, though not served by any railroad.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:13:04 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Finally, if bridges are your thing, there is no shortage in this area.
Title:  Finally, if bridges are your thing, there is no shortage in this area.
Description:  Most distant: SR8, next: Y Bridge, to the right: CVSR. Farther to the right, not shown: WE. Additionally, both railroads cross Howard St. seen here just ahead of the building, by way of overpass.
Photo Date:  5/11/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 8:29:56 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  189   Comments: 0
CVSR HEP 688
Title:  CVSR HEP 688
Description:  Originally an Army Kitchen car, built in 1951. Converted into an HEP by Amtrak in the early 70s. It houses 2 Detroit V12 271 engines with 2 turbo and 2 superchargers each. Both engines power a 375 KW generator.
Photo Date:  8/1/2009  Upload Date: 8/1/2009 8:06:06 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  349   Comments: 0
Hike & Bike has just cleared North St.
Title:  Hike & Bike has just cleared North St.
Description:  A Bike a thon had most streets in this are closed. Glad I caught this.
Photo Date:  8/1/2009  Upload Date: 3/9/2189 6:40:51 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Stopping at Northside.
Title:  Stopping at Northside.
Description:  Right on the bridge, good for me.
Photo Date:  8/12/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 6:15:16 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  256   Comments: 3
Leaving Northside for Cleveland.
Title:  Leaving Northside for Cleveland.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 8:55:16 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  236   Comments: 2
2nd of 3 round trips is making it's way north.
Title:  2nd of 3 round trips is making it's way north.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 8:57:45 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Did you see that? There's two of them.
Title:  Did you see that? There's two of them.
Description:  See my Twenty Minutes with CVSR album please. Thanks.
Photo Date:  10/30/2009  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:01:41 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u) CVSR 365(C420)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Returning to Cleveland.
Title:  Returning to Cleveland.
Description:  With HEP car 688. See above for a description of the HEP. Thanks.
Photo Date:  12/6/2009  Upload Date: 12/24/2009 11:46:28 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 800(FPA4)
Views:  1053   Comments: 3
Last move of the day heading north.
Title:  Last move of the day heading north.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 6:03:15 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 800(FPA4)
Views:  953   Comments: 6
What a beautiful day to catch these units.
Title:  What a beautiful day to catch these units.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 6:05:34 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  FLNX 484(FL9)
Views:  771   Comments: 4
84 year old daily driver.
Title:  84 year old daily driver.
Description:  Operated by Wheeling & Lake Erie.
Photo Date:  8/24/2010  Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:31:18 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  167   Comments: 2
A west to east view along the south side of the WE trestle.
Title:  A west to east view along the south side of the WE trestle.
Description:  Bridge work for the previous bridge is in the foreground.
Photo Date:  8/24/2010  Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:34:00 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  137   Comments: 3
What it looks like with a train on it.
Title:  What it looks like with a train on it.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2010  Upload Date: 8/26/2010 5:38:04 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3034(SD40-3)
Views:  249   Comments: 8
Daily stone trains traverse this span.
Title:  Daily stone trains traverse this span.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 11:55:50 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Planet Earth is reclaiming it's space.
Title:  Planet Earth is reclaiming it's space.
Description:  Wheeling trestle.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 11:58:43 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Soon you wont be able to see any of this foundation.
Title:  Soon you wont be able to see any of this foundation.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:01:35 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  112   Comments: 0
You don't notice all this vegetation until you are under the bridge.
Title:  You don't notice all this vegetation until you are under the bridge.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:04:37 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 0
It looks so different with a train on it.
Title:  It looks so different with a train on it.
Description:  Here it looks vulnerable.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:09:19 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  116   Comments: 0
This American Bridge Company product is 84 years old.
Title:  This American Bridge Company product is 84 years old.
Description:  For all the wear and tear, it looks remarkably well.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:14:43 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
I hope I look this good at 84.
Title:  I hope I look this good at 84.
Description:  I already squeak when I walk.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:19:30 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Expansion joint.
Title:  Expansion joint.
Description:  This is in the CVSR bridge. The stack beyond it, is from the boiler house at St. Thoms Hospital.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:22:54 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Bike Aboard crosses Cascade Locks.
Title:  Bike Aboard crosses Cascade Locks.
Description:  I hope you get a "charge" out of this picture.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:46:58 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  270   Comments: 5
The most powerful CVSR unit rostered.
Title:  The most powerful CVSR unit rostered.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:49:40 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  274   Comments: 3
Thirsty in Akron.
Title:  Thirsty in Akron.
Description:  Mid way through it's second journey, it was time for a drink. Northside Station is within shouting distance of Cascade Locks.
Photo Date:  8/27/2010  Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:53:56 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  205   Comments: 3
Crossing the Ohio & Erie Canal.
Title:  Crossing the Ohio & Erie Canal.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:05:47 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 6771(FPA4)
Views:  198   Comments: 2
Still just 2 bucks to ride the bike train.
Title:  Still just 2 bucks to ride the bike train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:08:28 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 6771(FPA4)
Views:  187   Comments: 3
A nicely polished St. Lucie Sound and the HEP car.
Title:  A nicely polished St. Lucie Sound and the HEP car.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:11:01 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  517   Comments: 0
And so goes another Student Extra.
Title:  And so goes another Student Extra.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 7:15:56 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Mid-day biker.
Title:  Mid-day biker.
Description:  From farther up the trail than usual and at 180mm.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:26:38 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  162   Comments: 2
Not m-ued.
Title:  Not m-ued.
Description:  Hopefully all is well with the little one.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:30:40 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LOCX 1005(SW1200r)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Big Mama.
Title:  Big Mama.
Description:  She'll take the train north shortly with no assist from the little one.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:33:12 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Steamin' home.
Title:  Steamin' home.
Description:  After an earlier problem put the train about an hour late, the light was off the bridge.
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/9/2011 8:26:18 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 4241(C424)
Views:  196   Comments: 4
Wildflowers are starting to bloom.
Title:  Wildflowers are starting to bloom.
Description:  The 1822 deadheads home.
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/9/2011 8:30:24 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  170   Comments: 4
Heading north across Cascade Locks.
Title:  Heading north across Cascade Locks.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:31:52 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHCR 452(F40M-2C)
Views:  234   Comments: 3
It's been a good railfan morning.
Title:  It's been a good railfan morning.
Description:  I'm going home and see what my Mrs. is up too.
Photo Date:  8/31/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 6:34:12 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CVSR 1822(RS18u)
Views:  169   Comments: 2

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