The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17

81 shopmen, 48 conductors, engi-
! neers, brakemen and firemen, 81
trackmen and bridge carpenters and
20 agents and office workers.
The officers were Col. Mooney,
president; w. C. Mooney (his old
est SOM, vice president; w. r.
Crompton. general manager; George
R. Rogers, auditor, and E. E. Noon
ey, general passenger agent. The
! last Mr.. Mooney still lives in Hous-
+o7. Texas.
Herbert R. Mooney, 2039 Coven-
try-rd, Columbus, former state well
! fare director, is a grandson of Col.
Mooney
Mooney Magic Name
Col. MONEYS enterprise made the
nar7e Mooney a magic name in Mon
rce County. Born on 2 Belmont
County farm in 1880, he lived until
1915. First he clark0d in store in
Armstrong Mills. He moved to
ReqTsville, next had a general store
n WoodsfieId, In 1874 he o-"arized
the Monroe Bank, became president
Of the International Coal CO.
There were tines when the roll
road roode ro~ew. - tires as MANY
as eight trains ran in one DAY. But
the ron-r,o o. tho E.tle traia l.
what fingers today.
Pcmom>e~ Thc~a
Herb 1I7orov anl 9th hovz whn
lived alone the linz r'crnori7od the
eteti n - c~u1d vco.ta tAem f~orN
"anoevillo to Be1at-a or from Bo'-
'~i-o tn ZqnosviIa. Grown r1o1 TO-
low ronld reel crf ct le2st part Q:
hose.
no1ar,. Avonlo1a, S@2@vei5n,
Gravel Junction, Webb, Maplcton,
Crow, VaTonia 0rwin), Ducfae, Kew
(BetheD, Ramsey, Jacobsburg, Fel-
sew, Beckett, Dorsey. Captina, Avn
strong Mills, Alexander. AIledonia,
CrahappIe Moore, BoaIlsville, Hut
ctison, Lupton, Jerusalem. Adair-
Ozark, Cedar Creek, Coats (Sunfieh)
Tunnel Hill, Stone Siding, Woods
field. Kerr, Starkey, Buchanan,
Oecker, Ievisville, Wise, B,l~'1hart,
Brister, Herlan, Doherty (MerOl
Ethel Pryor), Sur2merfield, Steam
town, Whigville, Mt. Ephriam, Fred
ericksdale, Youngs, Sarahsville, Vor-
HES, Center, Perrypolis. Duvau,
Merritt, Britten, Olive, Caldwell,
Belle Valley, Gorby, Hiramsburg,
Scott, Coal Run, Jordan, Hunter.
Cumberland, St. Clair, Spratt, Shep-
erd's Ridge. Freeland, Smith, Chand-
lersville, Seawright, Lawton (WiI-
helm), Pierce, Carlwick, Griffin, RO-
mine (Christy, also Frampton),
Brookover, Deffensbaugh, Oakland.
Mill Run and GAINESVILLE.
This list of stations is from a con-
ductor's train fare receipt issued af-
ter the Pennsylvania took over the
road The receipt is from the rail
road collection of E. M. Neff, 1915
Maryland-av, Springfield, who also
furnished the accompanying pic
lures. (The older station listings are
in parentheses).
The death of the Old Rusty &
WobbIy was inevitable. Paved high
ways and trucks encroached, paraIl-
eled the tracks. For while only
mixed trains were run. Then they
came no further west than Woods
field. The final fold-up came in
1881.
Highways on Old Bed
The harpies came in to pick her
to pieces. Farmers bought coaches
for summer kitchens and poultry
houses. A barber set up his chair
in a caboose, slept in the cupoIa-
Trestles were torn down, the timbers
going into barn and rig sills.
The final insult came when the
moved over to occupy her
old road-bed, packed through the
years. The cuts were widened, high
ways run through them.
Today autos race from GAINESVILLE
to Bellaire faster than Old Rusty &
Wobbly ever dreamed of running.
But the people still are sentimental.
They look here and there for marks
- spotting a cut, fill, a fallen
tunnel - where once ran a glorious
but narrow choo-choo.
All photos from the E. Nj. Neff