RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
Lima District
FORMERLY New York Chicago & St. Louis Railroad/Norfolk & Western Railway
(LE&W District/Sandusky Division)
CONSTRUCTED 1873 by Lake Erie & Louisville Railway (Lima-Findlay)
CONSTRUCTED 1859 by Fremont & Indiana Rail Road (Findlay-Fremont)
CONSTRUCTED 1880 by Lake Erie & Western Railway (Fremont-Sandusky)
CTC installed 1947-1948 (Gate-Arcadia)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1959 (Lima-Fostoria)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1930's (Fostoria-Sandusky)
ABANDONED 1970's (Fostoria-Sandusky)
DOWNGRADED 1990's (Lima-Arcadia)
Radio Frequency - 161.250 (AAR Channel 76)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is eastward from Lima to Sandusky
Distance is from Sandusky
ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS
95.0 Gate
90.5 South Lima
90.4 Erie Jct.
88.7 NS Tower
87.6 Morris
80.6 Beaver Dam
60.3 Evans
59.0 Findlay Yard
57.0 Findlay
54.0 Welders
48.4 DA (Arcadia)
(via Fostoria District)
44.4 FS
43.5 Wilson Yards
43.0 Fostoria
33.5 Kansas
31.2 Burgoon (PRR crossing)
22.8 Fremont (NYC crossing)
12.3 Vickery
5.6 Castalia
1.2 Bay Jct.
.0 Sandusky (NYC/PRR crossing)
1 track, unsignaled, controlled by Lima District Dispatcher in Fort Wayne.
Past and present towers and interlockings.