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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 344488" data-attributes="member: 10543">Neat stuff john thomas!&nbsp; I love researching old lines.&nbsp; Marietta was served by the B.&amp; O. and the Pennsylvania.The Pennsy line went north through Caldwell, OH to Zanesville, OH.&nbsp; It's gone.&nbsp; One B.&amp; O. line went northwest through Lowell, OH to Zanesville.&nbsp; It now runs only a short distance beyond Lowell to a power plant, assuming the plant hasn't been recently shut by Federal air regulations.&nbsp; The other B.&amp; O. line ran south from Marietta, OH to Belpre, then west through Athens, Chillicothe and into Cincinnati.&nbsp; This line has been pulled up from Belpre to a place west of Athens called Red Diamond.I have a reprint of a 1928 U.S. rail atlas.&nbsp; Comparing its extensive web of lines to today's thinned out routes is quite interesting.&nbsp; The early 20th Century was an awesome era for railroad expansion and modernization.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 344488, member: 10543"] Neat stuff john thomas! I love researching old lines. Marietta was served by the B.& O. and the Pennsylvania. The Pennsy line went north through Caldwell, OH to Zanesville, OH. It's gone. One B.& O. line went northwest through Lowell, OH to Zanesville. It now runs only a short distance beyond Lowell to a power plant, assuming the plant hasn't been recently shut by Federal air regulations. The other B.& O. line ran south from Marietta, OH to Belpre, then west through Athens, Chillicothe and into Cincinnati. This line has been pulled up from Belpre to a place west of Athens called Red Diamond. I have a reprint of a 1928 U.S. rail atlas. Comparing its extensive web of lines to today's thinned out routes is quite interesting. The early 20th Century was an awesome era for railroad expansion and modernization. [/QUOTE]

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