The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-07-13

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more.
The two daytime trains which
pass through here between Co
lumbus and Toledo will make
their last runs on Friday. The
Utilities Commission of
Ohio last May granted the New
York Central permission to dis
continue them.
The train for Toledo left here
about l0:45 a. M; the n for
Columbus was due out of here
at 6:l3 p. m.
Many Marysville people will
miss them, even those who sell
dom rode them. Most any eve
ming, you could go to the sta
ton and see a half-dozen or
more cars with people who
brought their kids along to watch
the train come in.
For lots of folks, the train was
an enjoyable phase of an evening
in Columbus. You could go down
on the evening train; have time
for supper and a show, and come
back on the night train. No traf-
fic to fight, no parking to worry
about, and the ride was differ
emit than the usual drive along 33.
That evening train was the
principal mail outlet for Marys-
vile. A small amount goes out on
other trains, but the bulk of the
outgoing mail was handled on
the 6:l3.
During Scots busy season, that
train would be in the Marysville
station longer than all the other
stops between Toledo and Co
lumbus, combined. Often, there
would be so much grass seed,
fertilizer, weed killer and other
items to load that the evening
train would be in the station Is
or 20 minutes, and sometimes
longer.
Since SCOTS have brought out
their new Scutl, the crabgrass
killer, they have been about as
busy in July as they usually are
in April and May. One evening
last week, the train was held
here for nearly a half-hour as
three truck-loads of Scutl went
into the mail car.
Passing of the two trains leaves
Marysville with only two pas
senger trains left. One goes north
and leaves Marysville at 11:40 p.
M; the other comes south and
is due out of here at around 7:30
a. m.
There will still be plenty of
freights, especially coal trains
pulled by the giant diesel loco
motives which are so rapidly re-
placing steam engines. About the
only steam left through town is
on the passenger runs.
Time was when Marysville had
passenger trains in and out of
town most any time you could
turn around.
The old Big four line running
between Springfield and Della
ware, had four trains a day, the
same unit making two round
trips between those two points
through Marysville.
On the T. & o. c. line, there
were once 10 trains through Ma
rysville. Six of them (three each
Way) were on the Columbus and
Toledo run. The other four 1.-TWO
round trips) were over the old
st. Mary's division of the T. &
0. c., which branched off from
the main line at Peoria.
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For a short time after the
trains quit running on the old
Big Four, the railroad still main
tanned passenger service between
Springfield and Delaware with
what the folks hereabouts called
the bonneville Trolley"
This was a one-car affair power
ed with a gasoline engine, which
rode about like a street car. 1t
has been at least 25 years since
even the bonneville Trolley
was discontinued.
The Big Four station has been
abandoned for years; how much
longer the New York Central
station will be used now is a
matter of conjecture. Certainly,
about the only signs of life
thereabout will be railroad en-
ployees, with maybe an occasional
passenger taking the midnight
sleeper to Chicago or Detroit.
Probably, however, the rail-
road will have to maintain an
operator there to give instruc-
tons and messages to the freight
crews which come through. But
the waiting room might just as
well be disconnected from the
signal and control room and cut
up for kindling.
Although appropriate. the
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