Ohio Railfanning Hot Spots: Part 8 - Lima

A once thriving railroad town boasting five main line railroads and the infamous Locomotive Works, Lima is a far cry from what it used to be at the turn of the 20th century. Today, the busiest line in town is the former Baltimore & Ohio, now CSX's Toledo Sub. Genesee & Wyoming properties operate the former PRR and DT&I trackage, RJ Corman works the western portion of the Erie Lackawanna and Norfolk Southern operates locals on the old Nickel Plate.
A few days after Christmas, I spent a day in Lima, documenting the various movements seen throughout the day. The I&O and C&FE remained active for most of the morning and we close the day with some CSX through freights.
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[@RandomGeneratedMusic]

G&W does not really own the Pennsy line, CSX does. It's leased to CF&E. Also same with NS, operated with Trackage Rights. As of 2024, their trackage rights no longer exist. I think they stopped paying for them around 2020, it really sucks. CSX runs occasional grain trains down the Pennsy, I only ever got to see one. And there are also occasional CPKC sand trains that go through for the Wheeling & Lake erie. Sometimes they go as far as the Lima yard and sometimes up to Upper Sandusky into the siding. I also got to see one of those.

[@logandetwiler4483]

Wheeling & Lake Erie has interchange with the CF&E in Lima

[@bnsf7562]

When I made this video, I was still new to living in Ohio, so I didn't know that the Wheeling came into Lima.

[@logandetwiler4483]

Oh nice

[@MarkAHHDvideostreaming]

Nice video

[@CarterWHern]

the track at 6:33 looks like the 3rd world.