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Viewing Album:  Akron Barberton Beltline Boneyard
 
By:Fred Stuckmann
Dates:5/12/2009 - 4/26/2010
Album Info:This industrial shortline worked all around town. Today it's remains are serviced by WE through it's ABC cluster rr.
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Track removed all but the crossing. At Spicer and Johnson Sts.
Title:  Track removed all but the crossing. At Spicer and Johnson Sts.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:13:34 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
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Views:  276   Comments: 5
Summit County engineers property. Tracks paved over.
Title:  Summit County engineers property. Tracks paved over.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:17:20 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
At Lafollet St. Truck sits squarely on old ROW. Tracks paved over.
Title:  At Lafollet St. Truck sits squarely on old ROW. Tracks paved over.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:20:30 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  167   Comments: 0
Standing on Brown St. bridge looking east.
Title:  Standing on Brown St. bridge looking east.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:24:04 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
Looking west from Brown St. bridge.
Title:  Looking west from Brown St. bridge.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:26:18 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
At Steiner St. Notice another truck has found the ROW.
Title:  At Steiner St. Notice another truck has found the ROW.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:29:15 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  214   Comments: 0
Looking back toward Steiner St.
Title:  Looking back toward Steiner St.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:32:14 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
View toward Main St. and beyond.
Title:  View toward Main St. and beyond.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:34:32 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
Cotter Merchandise Storage. Once serviced by ABBRR.
Title:  Cotter Merchandise Storage. Once serviced by ABBRR.
Description:  East of South Akron yard in an area otherwise serviced by WE. Saw several signs "Video Cameras In Use" So I decided to shoot and run.
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 6:00:59 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CMS 9(95 Tonner)
Views:  693   Comments: 6
This now severed track was the line shown so far in this album. ABBRR.
Title:  This now severed track was the line shown so far in this album. ABBRR.
Description:  Signs which spoke of video cameras being in use suggested to me that I probably shouldn't stay long.
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:42:14 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
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Views:  206   Comments: 0
From Firestone Parkway the track threaded its way through the industries you see here into a fairly complicated little complex.
Title:  From Firestone Parkway the track threaded its way through the industries you see here into a fairly complicated little complex.
Description:  ABBRR
Photo Date:  5/12/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2009 7:37:42 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
Evidence of ABBRR crossing Crouse St. Looking south past Waste Management. ABBRR serviced this facility.
Title:  Evidence of ABBRR crossing Crouse St. Looking south past Waste Management. ABBRR serviced this facility.
Description:  Beyond that it would cross under SR8. If you didn't know that, you would not have recognized it.
Photo Date:  5/15/2009  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 5:20:48 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  154   Comments: 2
East from Beaver St. Former ABBRR would cross Arlington and Exchange just northeast of the intersection. Barely visible.
Title:  East from Beaver St. Former ABBRR would cross Arlington and Exchange just northeast of the intersection. Barely visible.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2009  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 5:25:42 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  149   Comments: 0
Former ABRR across Case Ave.
Title:  Former ABRR across Case Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:18:04 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  168   Comments: 3
Former ABBRR over CSX.
Title:  Former ABBRR over CSX.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:21:48 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Former ABBRR bridge over CSX.
Title:  Former ABBRR bridge over CSX.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:27:25 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  151   Comments: 0
Looking north up CSX at former ABBRR bridge.
Title:  Looking north up CSX at former ABBRR bridge.
Description:  CVSR uses this track in order to get to Canton.
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:30:21 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  161   Comments: 2
Former ABBRR past Goodyear. This track would eventually wind its way to Brittain yard.
Title:  Former ABBRR past Goodyear. This track would eventually wind its way to Brittain yard.
Description:  Brittain yard is former AC&Y/N&W, and current Wheeling and Lake Erie.
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:34:40 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  176   Comments: 0
Former ABBRR still in 3rd St. and Martha St. ahead. Beyond that Goodyear.
Title:  Former ABBRR still in 3rd St. and Martha St. ahead. Beyond that Goodyear.
Description:  From here the line wound through a variety of factories and warehouses to Brittain yard. In most places unrecognizable.
Photo Date:  5/25/2009  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 5:09:58 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Track
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
Former ABBRR bridge over the Little Cuyahoga River.
Title:  Former ABBRR bridge over the Little Cuyahoga River.
Description:  Just east of Massilon Rd. and just south of E. Market St.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 2/3/2010 12:37:45 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
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Views:  145   Comments: 2
ABBRR bridge over the Little Cuyahoga River.
Title:  ABBRR bridge over the Little Cuyahoga River.
Description:  Ahead was E.Market St. and the entrance to AC&Y's Brittain Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/2010  Upload Date: 2/3/2010 12:44:04 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
Brittain Yard and how the ABBRR got there. Looking east from Market St.
Title:  Brittain Yard and how the ABBRR got there. Looking east from Market St.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2009  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 5:16:44 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
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Views:  219   Comments: 0
Resting after the chores of the day.
Title:  Resting after the chores of the day.
Description:  Beyond the unit you can see CSX track. The Wheeling & Lake Erie through this subsidiary keeps rail service alive in the Akron area. Both on former EL from Rittman to Ravenna and on the former ABBRR all around town here and in Akron.
Photo Date:  6/29/2009  Upload Date: 6/30/2009 6:35:09 AM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AB 1501(SW1500)
Views:  678   Comments: 2
At the Barberton HQ of the ABBRR I found this.
Title:  At the Barberton HQ of the ABBRR I found this.
Description:  It wasn't there when I was here decades ago. The area has cleaned up nicely since my Really Old Stuff views.
Photo Date:  6/29/2009  Upload Date: 6/30/2009 6:28:55 AM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
Sorry about the bird.
Title:  Sorry about the bird.
Description:  The bridge behind him is the former ABBRR line from South Akron to Barberton. It is serviced by ABC these days. As for the goose, I was able to take about 20 shots of him from as close as 4 feet.
Photo Date:  4/22/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 5:44:15 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  252   Comments: 7
This incognito hopper is sitting on a track section along with a short flat car whose hand brake you can see left of the hopper.
Title:  This incognito hopper is sitting on a track section along with a short flat car whose hand brake you can see left of the hopper.
Description:  They are sitting where ABBRR crossed Barber Rd. on it's way to interchange with the ACY in Fairlawn.
Photo Date:  5/15/2009  Upload Date: 5/16/2009 8:51:36 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Views:  227   Comments: 0
On the ABBRR ROW at Barber Rd.
Title:  On the ABBRR ROW at Barber Rd.
Description:  Only marking I found was 031 on the hopper end. These sit outside a rail products yard.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 5:40:18 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Side discharge hopper.
Title:  Side discharge hopper.
Description:  Good for spreading ballast outside of the rail.
Photo Date:  4/23/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 5:45:44 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
PPG
Title:  PPG
Description:  Serviced by ABBRR then and ABC now. There was enough of a gap in the gate to stick the lens through.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:22:16 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
ABBRR delivered to the EL here.
Title:  ABBRR delivered to the EL here.
Description:  We would set our cars on the one track and pick up theirs off the other. The crossing ahead is Hopocan Ave. Originally the switch was past that crossing. From there it was a steep climb to our main.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:26:11 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  234   Comments: 3
ABBRR had a wye at Wooster Rd.
Title:  ABBRR had a wye at Wooster Rd.
Description:  This bridge was the south leg and crossed Wolf Creek. I'm facing west.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:33:28 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
ABBRR wye south leg facing east.
Title:  ABBRR wye south leg facing east.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:37:17 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
"I shall have to hurt you Pinky!"
Title:  "I shall have to hurt you Pinky!"
Description:  From Pinky and the Brain. It's kind of cluttered around here, but this is a view from the SW.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:40:23 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
Tool Shed?
Title:  Tool Shed?
Description:  Not sure, but there's no doubt about it's heritage.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:46:07 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  153   Comments: 2
One half of AB's locomotive fleet.
Title:  One half of AB's locomotive fleet.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:49:28 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AB 1502(SW1500)
Views:  442   Comments: 4
The other half of AB's locomotive fleet.
Title:  The other half of AB's locomotive fleet.
Description:  These little work horses cover the EL from Rittman to Ravenna, also Pennsy's South Akron Yard, as well as all former ABBRR property still in use. I was tickled to find them both together.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:52:30 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AB 1501(SW1500)
Views:  557   Comments: 2
PPG tanks were red and black in my day.
Title:  PPG tanks were red and black in my day.
Description:  Urban "art" strikes quickly.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 8:59:18 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
Finally, one for our ladies, because.......
Title:  Finally, one for our ladies, because.......
Description:  .... "Diamonds are a girl's best friend." ;-) Both tracks are active. From top left to bottom right goes into the shop with the ABBRR cornerstone shown above. 1501 is on the other rail.
Photo Date:  4/25/2010  Upload Date: 4/26/2010 9:04:51 PM
Location:  Barberton, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  203   Comments: 4

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