The Toledo Terminal Railroad was an Ohio belt line railroad which was built around the City of Toledo. It was not a Michigan-based railroad but its purpose was vital to all Michigan railroads interchanging in northwest Ohio. It was built about 1903.
As built. the line was 28.5 miles around with a 2.5 mile branch to the passenger and freight station at Cherry Street.
At the wye connection where the passenger terminal branch leaves the main line, the railroad built shops, a roundhouse, yards and terminal buildings.
The railroad had major wooden trestles across Swan Creek and Duck Creek.
Maximum grade on the line is 2/10 percent with a maximum curvature of six degrees. The line includes ten passing sidings of 70 cars each. The track is laid entirely of 70 pound rail with 55-pound rail on sidings.
Junctions and crossings are protected by 13 interlocking plants, equally divided between the Union Switch & Signal Co. and the Pneumativ Signal Co. One point is protected by the Taylor Signal Co.
The line was double track, except for the section between Hallett Tower and Gould.
1903. Initial equipment consists of four locomotives, with six additional to be delivered within a short period. 101 cars have arrived, consisting of flat, gondola and Hodger ballast cars. [RS-1903-0911]
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