A Visit To Marietta

Take a little trip with me, to Marietta, and remember railroads of the past. With a few photographs, along with distant memories, we will travel back over thirty years.
The first photograph (on the left) is where the Pennsylvania Railroad crossed State Route 26, as it entered Marietta.

Our next stop on the tour, is along RT 26 looking back towards
what were once destinations for the PRR, but today are other types of businesses, ones that do not need a railroad.











Our next two shots (below) show the road bed as it goes under I-77 and behind Phillips Elementary School. You can still see the ROW in several places, but you have to look!










This photo is of the old Pennington Bread Factory, where the PRR would deliver flour for making bread. When I worked there, one summer back in the late 70's, a Conrail crew showed up to collect the car on the siding. They were recovering cars in preparation of closing the line and removing the rail. Today, even Pennington Bread is gone!











Our next shot is of the old B & O (Baltimore and Ohio) RR's yard along side second street. If you cllick on the photo, to enlarge it, and look at the building in the back with the painted railcar on it, you will be looking at a store that once received boxcars inside it! I always thought that was so cool when I saw that boxcar inside the "garage". But, by the time I came along, the yard was just about gone.









Can you say, railroad tracks? Look at the shape of this building! The Marietta Times newspaper used to have a column titled Down Around the Railroad Tracks. Obvioulsy not today.











Finally here is the B & O bridge across the Muskingum River to the Harmar side of town.
Today the bridge is closed, waiting to be made save for pedestrains once more. No trains will have to worry about the bridge anymore. Hopefully, the bridge will be opened once more.


And here is the approach to the bridge. Seems kinda steep for the engine as it starts up to the bridge. Must have been a sight to see and hear!





I hope you enjoyed our little trek through Marietta. I will post more photos of the bridge, and other locations in Marietta!