General Youngstown Photos

Thanks. Just in case you were wondering how I figured out the location....  When I saw the mast-mounted signals were the old Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. position-light signals and that the picture was likely taken in the Youngstown area, I wanted to see where it was actually taken. The "668" number on the signal mast is actually a mile marker, referring to milepost 66.8 -- measured from Pittsburgh via the old, circuitous B&O line through Elwood City and Zelienople PA (rather than the "new" more direct CSX line -- actually an old Pittsburgh & Lake Erie CSX acquired in the 1990s). So the only thing I had left to do was figure what location was 66.8 miles from Pittsburgh via the old B&O line -- Lowellville. And CSX Corp. acquired the B&O's corporate assets in 1987, I think.

And, yes, I've been in Lowellville a number of times since the 1980s. Looks the same now as it did then -- except for the abandoned P&LE Gateway Yard. The yard was still active in the 1980s. YS&T in Campbell had shut down years earlier, in 1977, but I recall the mill when it was still standing. I posted some pictures of the Campbell and Brier Hill works in another thread at:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=1886.0