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Viewing Album:  Youngstown Model Railroad Association
 
By:Scott Williams
Dates:2/2/2010 - 12/31/2012
Album Info:In March of 1957, an ad was placed in the issue of Model Railroad Craftsman magazine inviting anyone interested in forming a model railroad club in the Youngstown area to contact Robert Folsom at a Struthers phone number. On Sunday, April 1st, 1957, eight strangers with a common interest in “HO” model railroading met at the home of George Sankey of Tippecanoe Road in Youngstown. This meeting initiated the forming of the Youngstown Model Railroad Association. Of these original eight members only two are still members today, the other six have either moved or passed away. During our first year, while searching for a location to construct a layout, the members built a 5’ x 10’ portable layout for the Railroad Community Committee of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley. They manned it for them at the Canfield Fair and an industrial show at Idora Park. This committee was comprised of representatives of the local railroads at that time. These included the Pennsylvania, New York Central, B&O, Erie, and the Youngstown and Southern railroads. Contacts through the committee finally resulted in the club obtaining layout space in the New York Central passenger station on Wilson Avenue in December of 1957. Shortly thereafter the club’s first layout was built. The club’s first Open House was held December 2 and 3 of 1961. In June of 1964, as the Mahoning valley’s economic decline escalated we were forced to leave our first home. For the next two and a half years we held meetings at members’ homes until obtaining the old gymnasium on the fourth floor of the Eagles building at the corner of 5th Avenue and Rayen in Youngstown. January of 1967 found us eagerly contemplating a king size layout in the gym as compared to the cramped quarters in the old NYC station. The group lost no time planning and building a large layout that filled most of the gym. Unfortunately economic hard times forced us to leave this location because the Eagles organization had to sell the building and move
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Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train plugged up outside of the tunnel after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 10:53:52 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  145   Comments: 1
Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train plugged up outside of the tunnel after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:03:08 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train plugged up outside of the tunnel after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:06:23 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train plugged up outside of the tunnel after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:09:58 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train plugged up outside of the tunnel after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:13:32 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Title:  Conrail Loaded Coal Train
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train fowled both mains after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:21:10 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train fowled both mains after picking a switch mid-train.
Title:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train fowled both mains after picking a switch mid-train.
Description:  With helpers on the rear, this Conrail loaded coal train fowled both mains after picking a switch mid-train.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:23:51 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
Amtrak
Title:  Amtrak
Description:  Two Amtrak F40PHs cool their wheels at the station while passengers load and unload. A B&O SD40-2 is also seen working the coal yard.
Photo Date:  1/18/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:31:46 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
B&O
Title:  B&O
Description:  When Santa travels, he rides the rails of the Baltimore and Ohio.
Photo Date:  1/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:34:26 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
On the HO Layout
Title:  On the HO Layout
Description:  Two strikes, bases loaded, down by one... the pitch...
Photo Date:  1/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:37:10 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
On the HO Layout
Title:  On the HO Layout
Description:  Club members discuss upcoming projects.
Photo Date:  1/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:42:15 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
On the HO Layout
Title:  On the HO Layout
Description:  Club members discuss upcoming projects.
Photo Date:  1/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:46:08 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) get the signal to proceed onto the main out of Mackey Yard with their loaded ore train.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:21:11 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) proceed onto the main out of Mackey Yard with their loaded ore train.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:27:06 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) proceed onto the main out of Mackey Yard with their loaded ore train.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:31:29 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) derailed their loaded ore train out on the main.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:34:30 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  211   Comments: 4
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) derailed their loaded ore train out on the main.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:39:53 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  148   Comments: 0
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) derailed their loaded ore train out on the main.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:42:08 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  199   Comments: 2
Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Title:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton
Description:  Detroit Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) #253 (SD38), DT&I #254 (SD38), and DT&I #252 (SD38) derailed their loaded ore train out on the main.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 12:46:57 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  253   Comments: 2
PRR
Title:  PRR
Description:  This PRR F unit and mix freight was following the train in front a little too close.
Photo Date:  2/26/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:48:52 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  154   Comments: 1
Burlington Northern
Title:  Burlington Northern
Description:  This BN switcher found our the hard way how bumpers work.
Photo Date:  2/26/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:52:36 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern
Title:  Burlington Northern
Description:  This BN switcher found out the hard way how bumpers work.
Photo Date:  2/26/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2012 11:55:58 PM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern
Title:  Burlington Northern
Description:  This BN switcher found out the hard way how bumpers work.
Photo Date:  2/26/2010  Upload Date: 12/27/2012 12:03:57 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern
Title:  Burlington Northern
Description:  This BN switcher found out the hard way how bumpers work.
Photo Date:  2/26/2010  Upload Date: 12/27/2012 12:14:48 AM
Location:  Austintown, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
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Views:  119   Comments: 0

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