Walbridge Yard, OH

Walbridge Yard was once one of the largest classification yards in the Toledo Terminal. It is operated by the CSX and has been downgraded over the years since the CSX took over the former Conrail Stanley Yard which is nearby. Walbridge has a working hump yard and a large locomotive facility on the north end.  The yard is used to store multi-level auto rack cars.

Walbridge Yard was oridinally built by the Hocking Valley railroad, which was consolidated into the C&O and later CSX. It came into the Toledo terminal from the south.

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1961. January 1. C&O railway, starting January 1, will streamline train handling in Ohio and Michigan by consolidating yard operations at Walbridge, Ohio, south of Toledo. Up until now yards at both Ottawa, Mich. and Walbridge, only 15 miles apart, have handled heavy merchandise traffic to the from industrial plants in the north. In addition, coal shipments flow steadily through Walbridge for loading on boats at C&O's Presque Isle docks during the lake shipping season. Faster and more efficient classification of trains is the principal aim of the merged operation. Train No. 290, a fast merchandise freight out of Detroit's Rougemere Yard, will be the first to benefit from the timesaving route to Walbridge, bypassing Ottawa Yard. [SJHP-1961-0103]