Tour of Some of the Miniature Railroad Crossings at the Ohio Station Outlets - Lodi, OH

[@ctg6734]

Man, what a great mall that must have been in it's heyday! Reminds me of the train they used to run at the Brookfield zoo in Illinois. Sadly that was removed in the late 80's or early 90's I believe.

[@molossis]

this video is scary. you are like the only one there, and you can just hear music in the background. gives me the chills.

[@Indianarailproductions]

Reminds me of ground zero footage. No one there, and just really erie

[@InnocentHoverboard-nn3xm]

Yeah bro he is alone like no trains are coming and no one💀💀💀

[@kevinbaker4241]

I used to shop there occasionally (I live in nearby Wooster). There was once a hobby shop there that sold model trains (mostly HO-scale and G-scale). I bought an HO-scale Erie Lackawanna SD45 diesel locomotive (brand-new, still in the box) for $75 a few years ago. The last time I went up there in 2019 (before the pandemic), the store was no longer there.

[@kyleb06]

Neat. Too bad it's gone. This mall is really suffering.

[@noviaprany7742]

l😅

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

Wow I love it

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

It ohio

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

Swag In Ohio

[@AmtrakFlareon]

I had lots of good memories from this place. When I went there as a toddler, the events I would participate in. Every year my mom would take me here to get shoes for school and afterwards we would ride the train all around the mall. I remember a model railroad shop being here. It is so sad to see this place out of business.

[@kyleb06]

I agree. Unfortunately I never got to see this mall in its prime because I live 5 hours away. I have a feeling I am going to be very fortunate I saw it at all here in a couple years. They even disabled the traffic light for the mall's entrance and made it so southbound traffic on OH-83 can't turn into the mall anymore! T's like somebody doesn't want this place to succeed anymore.

[@minecat1839]

@@kyleb06 What? The traffic light thing should be sueable. Only officials can do that. Where did you get this information?

[@iatif1995]

Unfortunately, 5 months ago, the tracks were ripped out. The signals are most definitely not standing anymore. You can see it from street view on I-71.

[@Mentor_Ohio_Railfanning]

damn i remember this place lol it’s been like 7 years since ive been there

[@Annaohiousa]

Nice video my friend love 💕 💕 💕

[@kyleb06]

Thanks!

[@trezjr73]

Flooded rails, leaky canopies, doggie pooh on the sidewalks, rusting signals, abandoned turntable. What a sad end to such an incredible investment. So large it really would have needed full-time maintenance people when it was running.

[@chrishinnant3924]

I sure wish I could buy this and start back running trains on it again. This is a sad sight, all this is going to waste

[@kyleb06]

Agreed

[@minecat1839]

Namdar Realty Group wouldn't like that

[@chrishinnant3924]

@@kyleb06 man I would have a ball being the engineer of a miniature train. I'd be like a kid at Christmas time. And I'm 53 years old

[@ikarostikawati5850]

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[@ikarostikawati5850]

​@@minecat1839😊

[@warrenkec374]

I know I'm late, but I live super close to this place! I'm sad to see it dead.

[@kyleb06]

It's such a shame!

[@nickpatrick1636]

​@@kyleb06those tracks don't even look like it's been used the gates look broken and rusted

[@theericfreeze1493]

I have fond memories of rideing this as a kid.

[@RosyMaple-z3h]

riding*

[@codyleonard9798]

It's pronounced "Low-die". It's a neat place, I remember going to it as a kid a few times

[@joetarantine4075]

The town name is actually pronounced "load-EYE". Nice tour video

[@kyleb06]

Thanks!

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Very cool!

[@kyleb06]

Thanks!

[@fogdan]

Very Cool!! Thanks for posting!!!

[@kyleb06]

Thanks!

[@suecurtis8313]

LOVE MINIATURE RAILROAD CROSSINGS SUE!

[@peculiargreyrabbit]

Unfortunately they moved the rail track completely. :( Part of the reason is due to covid and I'm guessing the lack of funds. But I had many great memories there! Thanks for the video man!

[@carterburton]

dang

[@AlexNunes-z6v]

That would be so cool if someone was nice enough and had the money to restore it bring it back to life that would be awesome that is super cool is for a mall to have

[@kyleb06]

Unfortunately it's already all gone

[@MichaelJones-vx7lt]

I remember that I went there when I was a baby

[@Hm_senju]

good railroad crossing

[@ACs_Trains]

Cool!

[@kyleb06]

Thanks!

[@nickastridandtoothlessthen5494]

You should do a follow up on this. And if they decide to take down the signals, you should save them. I may be able to start driving and sometime within a year or so, I should have my license. Then, I may be able to go see this while it's up. I would like to save one or two of them before they scrap em.

[@kyleb06]

Well, two unfortunate things. 1. I live 5 hours away and just happened to be passing through on my way to PA. I'm rarely ever in Ohio. But that doesn't matter, because 2. They've already ripped out all the signals, and most of the tracks as well. They hauled off the train about a month or two ago. No idea where any of it is going.

[@brassmonkeyheheha]

last time i saw it the tracks were torn up

[@robertrompf2261]

I wonder if they are willing to sell the signals?

[@kyleb06]

If the mall ever fully shuts down it's possible they may sell them.

[@minecat1839]

When I rode the train once it got stuck and they used the plow thing to nudge it back into motion

[@kyleb06]

Interesting.

[@minecat1839]

@@kyleb06 How fast do you respond? Ready, set, go!

[@kyleb06]

@@minecat1839 Lol, really depends. During the week I can take days or over a week to respond, but other times on the weekend or when I'm reading comments I respond instantly, lol.

[@davidng2336]

If this mall closes in the future, I hope they can save the trains.

[@kyleb06]

Same

[@nickpatrick1636]

They probably won't

[@davidng2336]

@@nickpatrick1636 one train now went to another owner.

[@jayo1212]

Sad thing is this is pretty much inevitable for even the most successful shopping malls...

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

I think the train is closed due to the pandemic I guess when the pandemic goes away they will reopen I like to know the name of this mall in the name of this train so I can check back on it to see when they're going to reopen

[@kyleb06]

Interesting. I have a feeling it won't reopen ever due to the low volume of people at the mall. It is falling into disrepair. The name is the Ohio Station Outlets as said in the title.

[@conraillock1299]

Train is on pause mode

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Unfortunately this video is now but a memory the mall is closed the train is sold off and the tracks were ripped up and abandoned and of course the crossing signals were also sold off to other miniature railroads

[@-northeastohiosirensandtra5641]

UPDATE! - as of July 2022 - This train is gone, all the track has been ripped up. And all the mini signals have been removed! Unsure if it all was sold or scrapped?

[@kyleb06]

That's unfortunate, this was a concept I always wished the malls around here had when I was little, lol. Hoped it would come back. But, if your mall can't make money, you can't run a train either. Never did hear anything on where that all ended up, had no idea they tore it out.

[@-northeastohiosirensandtra5641]

@@kyleb06 Yeh we just drove by it and saw it was all gone - some guy was supposed to buy the place and he was going to have 20 new stores in by next year! But that obviously fell through also!

[@kevinbaker4241]

From what I was told by someone at the Lodi Railroad Museum, the train, trackage, and signals were sold, and they are now in our neighboring state to the west, Indiana.

[@railfansammy4974]

Nice

[@kyleb06]

Thank you!

[@oliverandthemorrisons9667]

And I found a video of the full train ride kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn-Zc2ueoNCIj8U enjoy

[@stphinkle]

I wonder if the train was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[@SilkyTrains]

The train doesn’t run anymore.

[@kyleb06]

Business was already low well-before the pandemic.

[@veazzyveaz3744]

RMIrailworks make really cool signals

[@brassmonkeyheheha]

do they still run the train?

[@kyleb06]

They weren't when I visited, I was told they were going to bring it back this spring, not sure if they have or are still planning to.

[@brassmonkeyheheha]

@@kyleb06 ok

[@Dodgeviper591]

They riped up the tracks

[@kyleb06]

I'm aware.

[@Dodgeviper591]

@@kyleb06 it’s sad 😞 I was going to the wyan county fair to film some of the old tracks with are run by rj coreman and it was sad to see them gone

[@nursenagacli]

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[@nickpatrick1636]

​@@kyleb06I don't think it's in use anymore could be wrong