This video shows around a dozen trains as they pass by the depot.
Marion Union Station was built in 1902
It’s surrounded by six mainline tracks. Four CSX and two Norfolk Southern tracks, which create 8 intersecting diamonds.
Marion is one of two spots in the country where double-diamond tracks can be seen.
CSX handles the dispatching for the diamonds.
CSX’s east-west line just north of the station, runs between Cleveland and Indianapolis.
Its north-south line, to the west of the site, connects Columbus and Toledo.
The Norfolk Southern tracks to the east of the station, go from Columbus to the NS yard in Bellevue.
Depending on how busy it is, 60 or more trains pass by in a day.
Passenger service stopped in 1971. The station now serves as a museum operated by the Marion Union Station Association.
When there’s a lull in rail action, you can check out the Erie Lackawanna caboose or AC tower, which overlooks the diamonds.
At one time the tower was the main switching facility for the Erie Railroad’s Marion Division.
The tower has been restored by the museum. They also moved the tower from across the tracks to where it now sits next to the train station. Inside you’ll find several interlocking and switch panels. Plus, functioning status lights and signals formerly used at surrounding stations and towers in Ohio.
It's a wonderful spot to railfan and the action just keeps on coming.
27 июл 2020
