toledo ohio november 13, 2010

Toledo, Ohio - November 13, 2010

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I drove to Toledo to attend an All Aboard Ohio meeting at Central Union Terminal, and afterward I took advantage of the sunny (but chilly and windy)
day to take some photos around the city.

The New York Central Railroad built Toledo Central Union Terminal in 1950 for $5,000,000. Into the 1960s the station was served by passenger trains
on the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Wabash Railroads. Now it serves Amtrak's eastbound and westbound
Lakeshore Limited and Capitol Limited. Although only two tracks and platforms now are used for passenger operations, the property is maintained in
good condition, and repair and restoration of areas damaged by alteration and neglect during Conrail's tenure are ongoing.

Union Pacific 7631 is a GE ES4400AC diesel-electric locomotive; General Electric, Evolution Series, 4400 horsepower, AC traction. These
locomotives have been bought by major railroads in the US, Canada, and Mexico. I've seen photographs of this locomotive operating in New
Jersey just a week before I took these.

The Amtrak waiting room is in the former baggage area at track level.

Station surroundings; construction work in progress.

Great Lakes bulk freighter Pineglen was launched in 1985 for N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. as the Paterson (2). She was the last lake-built freighter built
at the Collingwood Shipyards iin Collingwood, Ontario, before the facility closed. She was acquired by Canadian Steamship Lines in 2002, and has
set several Great Lakes records for tonnage of grain transported. Information from Boatnerd.com

Downtown Toledo has a great collection of commercial buildings spanning from the nineteenth century into the late twentieth and representing a
variety of architectural styles. Many appear vacant or near-vacant and some are in good repair while others look as though they're deteriorating rapidly.