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Athens Station (Ohio)
Athens station is a former train station in Athens, Ohio, adjacent to the campus of Ohio University. It served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from around 1890 until 1971, then Amtrak from 1976 to 1981. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Athens B & O Train Depot. History The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) constructed the station building around 1890, replacing an older structure. It is a one-story building in the Stick-Eastlake style, measuring . It was modified around 1915: a circular tower was removed, and the ends of the structure were enclosed. Athens was on the B&O mainline between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati. It was served by trains including the St. Louis–Jersey City '' Diplomat'' and ''National Limited'', and later the '' Metropolitan''. B&O service on May 1, 1971, when Amtrak took over most remaining intercity passenger train service in the United States. Amtrak began operating the Cincinnati–Washington, D.C. on October 30, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens, Ohio
Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. It is the principal city of the Athens micropolitan area. Athens is a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation. History The first permanent European settlers arrived in Athens in 1797, more than a decade after the United States victory in the American Revolutionary War. In 1800, the town site was first surveyed and plotted and incorporated as a village in 1811. Ohio had become a state in 1803. Ohio University was chartered in 1804, the first public institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory. Previously part of Washington County, Ohio, Athens County was formed in 1805, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amshack
This article contains a list of Terminology, terms, jargon, and slang used to varying degrees by railfans and railroad employees in the United States and Canada. Although not exhaustive, many of the entries in this list appear from time to time in specialist, rail-related publications. Inclusion of a term in this list does not necessarily imply its universal adoption by all railfans and railroad employees, and there may be significant regional variation in usage. 0–9 ; 3-step protection (US) : The protection given by a locomotive engineer to an employee working near, between, or under cars to which the locomotive is coupled, via a three-step process: :# Fully apply independent brake. :# Set reverser to neutral. :# Turn off generator field (or notify the ground employee, depending on company-specific rules and locomotive type, that protection is provided). ; 10 wheeler (US) : A steam locomotive with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement ; 241 (US) : Procession of a train past a stop s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
