Cromley, Ohio

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>From an old reference book of mine written by an N&W RoW engineer between

1893 and 1898, Cromley, Ohio was the location of a passing siding of 2800
feet of length and 2500 feet of clearance at MP 682 and 1020 feet.  It was
on the south side of the track (west is towards Columbus so this is on the
compass east side of the line).  No other notes on Cromley are in this book,
station, train order office, shanty or whatever.

  

 

In this book, stations are noted (but not at Circleville as the sheds were
on the mainline and tied back into the C&MV station and crossing, MP675.68)
at Hopetown (MP 659 & 1163 feet),  Kinnickinnick (MP662&3170 ft), Kingston
(MP666&1824’), Elmwood (MP668&2809’), Hayesville (MP671&1346’), Ashville
(MP684 &2019’), Duvalls (MP688&393’) Lockbourne (MP691&1591’) and Reeses
Station at 694 & 414 feet.  No station at Cromley.

 

Now, lots of postcards and old photos show Circleville C&MV station,
Kingston has a least two postcard shots, and Duvalls has a shot in the
valuation photos, Ashville has numerous shots and one , possible two
postcard shots, and Lockbourne one shot.  Kinnickinnick, Elmwood, Hayesville
, I have never seen photos of – but I didn’t realize that Reeses ever had a
station.  

 

Interestingly enough, this book calls out a Bell’s Elevator Siding at MP 676
and 2145 feet, in the Circleville area proper.  But it makes no note at all
of Bell’s Crossing w/b out of Circleville a couple of miles.  There was a
Scioto Valley Traction station there and I have a photo of that which shows
the station and the SVT underpass under the N&W.   

 


>From the book:


 

For Circleville     


Mile

Plus feet

Station

Name

Company or Private

Side of track

Connection

Total length

Clearance length


675

2317 (?)

Circleville

New passing siding

Company

S

Both ends

1089

789


675

1718

 

C&MV transfer

Company

S

East end

2054

1904


675

1800

 

Dunlap’s siding

Company

S

 

East end

336

218


675

2536

 

Nile’s siding

“

N

East end

73

 


675

3382

 

Cross over

“

S

West

160

 


675

4965

 

Strawboard #1

“

S

 

East end

64

 


675

 

 

Strawboard #2

“

S

East end

148

 


675

 

 

Strawboard #3

“

S

East end

46

 


676

619

 

North end of Strawboard

“

S

West end

129

 


676

728

 

Mill Switch

“

S

Both

614

314


676

1731

 

Scheleyer’s spur

½ Private

S

West end

321

171


676

1746

 

Warehouse and Coal

Company

S

Both

1611

1311


676

2010

 

Crites Spur

“

S

East

170

75


676

2145

 

Bell’s elevator siding 

“

S

East 

320

160


676

2289

 

Main Street cross over

“

S

East

147

 


676

3081

 

Store track

“

N

Both

831

531


676

3231

 

House track

“

N

Both

575

275


676

3803

 

Passing Siding

“

N

Both

2307

1987


677

729

Circleville

Canning Co.

“

N

West

854

686


682

1020

Cromley

Cromley Passing siding

Company

South

Both

2800

2500 


684

1213

Ashville

Elevator spur

company

south

west

1162

1012


684

 

Ashville

Scioto Canning Co.

private

south

west

1225

1120


684

 

Ashville

Coal Track

private

south

West

356

206


684

 

Ashville

Ashbrook’s Siding

private

South

West

319

169


684

2019

Ashville

Station siding

company

north

West

1477

1177

 

Note that the coal track at MP 684 was a private track probably for a coal
yard and not a coal dock for the railroad.

 

Given the level of detail that this book goes into, I would have to say that
Cromley had little there but the passing siding.  The N&W never had the
traffic on this line early that would justify a tower at the end of a
passing siding to control the siding switches in these early days.  I don’t
think the N&W ever had any of these type of towers on the Scioto Division.
Interlocking towers?  Yes, at Vera, Glen Jean, Renick, Circleville, Valley
Crossing and Bannon.  

 

Gary Rolih

Cincinnati 

 

 

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