The Lorain, Ashland, & Southern


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A history of the Lorain Ashland & Southern by John A. Thompson, Jr., railroad historian.



LA&S #9

LA&S #11 at Ashland Yards about 1915

LA&S work train south of Jeromesville powered by Pco Engine 539 (2-8-0).

LA&S SB freight passes Jeromesville station, 1917

HB Camp Co. Engine #1 on approach to big trestle north of Jeromesville in 1899 on Ashland & Wooster Railway.

LAS #16 by Jeromesville elevator about 1917.

LAS #16 and work train near Jeromesville elevator about 1917.

LAS #1 , the Ashland Yard engine about 1915 next to Ashland Engine House.

LAS freight “speeding” near Jeromesville, 1917.

LAS work train work train unloading cinders at Sprengs Siding 1917.

LA&S work train unloading cinders same location. Note hopper marked "PL" for Pennsylvania Lines instead of "PRR".

LA&S #10 lies on it's side after wreck at Goose Pond, 2/8/15. Killed Fireman Leonard Baird.

Interlocking tower at the junction of the LA&S and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Norwalk Branch - Oberlin








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