D. T. & I. Railroad Pictures & More updated 28 Jan. 2010
 
Greetings from Spargurasville, Ohio

 

 
Henry Ford Inspection Train in Wave

Henry Ford, bought the DT&I July 9, 1920 for $5 million, receiving over 300 miles of rundown main track and branch lines, 80 locomotives, 2,800 freight and a couple dozen passenger cars - most of this in anything but satisfactory condition, as a personal holding of Henry, wife Clara and Edsel Ford and brought it out of bankruptcy and after getting tired of government interference he sold it to the Pennsylvania RR in 1929 for $36 million in cash,  inspection train North Bound about 1924 - 1926 at Waverly, Ohio.  Note Henry Ford third person in line.  Henry Ford had the N&W pick up Ford Dealers in VA and WV starting at Norfolk and brought to Waverly.  He then took them to Detroit to view how Fords were made.

 

D T & I Car Shops at Jackson, Ohio

D T & I Car repair shops at Jackson

The car shops was started June 1906 that included $28,000 in grants and land from the city of Jackson. The site along Athens Street had once been a horse race track. The complex included new heavy repair shops, transfer table, oil house,, new yard office building and the relocation of the water tank.  The Detroit Southern round house, which sat in a triangle at Main and Bridge Streets, was closed and a newer larger facility was included in the program.  Over $160,000 was spent on the program with the first building occupied in August 1908.

Click here for information about the D. T. & I. Car Shop in Jackson Ohio: D T & I Car Shop

 

Jackson RR Map 1907

 

D. T. & I. Jackson Depot north side

Former D. T. & I. RR Depot at Jackson, OH showing north side 28 Jan. 2010

 

D.T. & I Jackson Depot south side

Former D. T. & I. RR Depot at Jackson, OH showing south side 28 Jan. 2010

 

D. T. & I. sander at Jackson, OH

D. T. & I sander located about 500' to the west of the Jackson, Ohio depot

 

DT&I North Bound at Summit

D T & I North Bound train at Summit Hill, OH

DT&I 107 head on collision 21 Nov.
Collision head-on between Hamburg and Lakeland, Michigan 11/21/1908 of Engines DT&I 107 and AA 45
DT&I Railroad Shops, Jackson, Ohio

D. T. & I. Railroad Shops, Jackson, Ohio

DT&I Engine 1403 31 March 1904

D. T. & I. Engine # 1403   31 March 1904

D. T. & I. Engine #110 
D. T. & I. Engine #110 

 

D. T. & I. Engine #94 2 April 1904

D. T. & I. Engine #94 2 April 1904

Flour Mill by DT&I RR Tracks Waverly Ohio 1900

Lee flour Mill by DT&I RR Tracks Waverly, Ohio 1900

On Wagon: Driver John A. F. Downing and Jack Hughes.  Standing: Elmer Downing, Edward Johnston and owner Mr. Strittmatter.

 

D. T. & I. engine

D. T. & I. Engine

Engine #6 in New Harris Cut 2 April 1904

D. T. & I. Engine #6 in New Harris Cut 2 Apr 1904

Summitt Hill Emmitt Addy jumping rope

Summit Hill- Emmitt Addy jumping rope

 

DT&I Shop Summitt Hill Addy left, L

D. T.& I .Shop Summit Hill Addy Left, Lowry, Evart Addy & Emmitt Addy

 

D. T. & I. tract Sumitt Hill Emmit Addy right

D. T. & I. tract Summit Hill Emmitt Addy right

 

Clyde and Sammy Addy at Summit Hill

Clyde & Sammy Addy at Summit Hill, OH 28 Feb 1911

 

Emmitt Addy Telegraph operator

 

Emmitt Addy telegraph operator

D. T. & I. men on a flat car  

D. T. & I. men on a flat car

 

YOUNG COUPLE ARE MARRIED

Miss Georgia Husted, of Nipgen, and Ervin Addy, of Summit Hill, were quietly married at the Addy home last Saturday evening.  Miss Husted is a daughter of Orlando Husted, of Nipgen, and is a sister of Mrs. Claude Cook, formerly of this city. Addy is a telegraph operator employed by the D. T. & I.  28 June 1917 Waverly Watchman
DT&I Train Wreck
D. T.& I. Train Wreck 
DT&I Train Wreck 31 Aug 1915

D. T.& I. Train Wreck 31 Aug 1915

 

D. T. & I. Train Wreck of eng # 70

D. T. & I. Train Wreck of eng # 70

Wrecking Crew Evart Addy far right

D. T. & I. Wrecking Crew Evart Addy far right

 

D. T. & I. Addy far left

Addy far left

Martin Addy 2nd from left
Martin Addy 2nd from left
D. T. & I. tract crew The Old Tea Kettle, Ann Arbor, MI

The Old Tea Kettle, Ann Arbor, MI

D. T. & I. Harris Station 

D. T. & I. Harris Station
D. T. & I. depot
DT&I RR Bridge at Greenfield, OH

D. T. & I. Railroad Bridge at Greenfield, Ohio

DT &I passanger train 31 March 1904
D. T.& I. passenger train 31 March 1904
DT &I at Ann Arbor, MI abt 1920

D. T.& I. at Ann Arbor, MI about 1920

DT&I depot at Flatrock, MI

D. T. & I. depot at Flat Rock, MI

DT&I south of Flat Rock, MI

D. T. & I. Bridge south of Flat Rock, MI

DT&I passanger depot abt 1904
D. T. & I .passenger depot abt 1904
Streetcar #121

Street Car #121

Carleton MI D. T. & I Station
Carleton MI D. T. & I Station
D. T. & I. Depot at Storms, Ross Co., Ohio

D. T. & I. Depot at Storms, Ross Co., OH 

Strorms station was named after "Uncle Johnny" Storms who contributed the right-of-way across his property.

 

Gregg Feed Elevator at Storms, Ross Co., Ohio

Gregg feed Elevator at Storms, Ross Co., OH

D. T. & I. Depot at Waverly, Ohio taken in 1982

This brick freight station sat on Depot Road and Second Street. It was built in 1953 and demolished in spring of 2002 to satisfy state requirements to construct a state approved truck bypass connecting SR220 East and West Second St.  The city of Waverly was the last owner of the structure.

 

D T & I coal car

D T & I Coal Car

D T & I Beaver, OH 2 July 1950

D T & I Beaver, OH 2 July 1950

 

Beaver Depot

Beaver Depot

 

RR picture 3

D T & I at Givens, Ohio

 

Givens Store

Givens Store

note the D T & I Tracts to the side of the store

 

 1977 DT&I at Red Hollow Rd. Dove

DT&I engines at Red Hollow Road "Dove " Pike Co., Ohio 1977
Ford may Change DT&I route

The Waverly Watchman 20 Jan 1927

 

 

    The Royersville Tunnel, original called Vesuvius, opened in December 1851 which dates back to the construction of the Iron Railroad and was carved out of a seam of coal and was original 1050 feet long.  Henry Ford had it shortened several feet after a major collapse.  At it closure in 1982 it was 920 feet long.  Because it was set in a ridge of moving butter rock and fireclay it presented a challenge to the railroads that operated through it.  From either side it was an uphill grade to reach the tunnel and had a seven-degree thirty-minute curve in the middle of the tunnel. Train crews could not get an advance view to watch for fallen timbers or rocks and a full time tunnel watchman was used until 1933 and after that frequent tract patrols was used.  

    Train speeds were restricted to 6 miles per hour through the tunnel.  Engineers tried to maintain enough speed so that the engines would not have to work hard while in the tunnel especially the explosive exhaust of steam engines.  Tunnel height was also a problem with a height of 15 feet 2 inches, it restricted car sizes.

 

DT&I Tunnel view from Ironton side

Royersville Tunnel view from Ironton side in November  2009
picture by Joe Miller
DT&I Tunnel entrance Ironton side

Royersville Tunnel entrance viewed from Ironton side in November  2009
picture by Joe Miller

Royersville tunnel entrance

Royersville Tunnel entrance viewed from Ironton side in November  2009
picture by Joe Miller

Royersville Tunnel Ironton side

Royersville Tunnel viewed from Ironton side in November  2009
picture by Joe Miller

Royester tunnel north entrance

Royersville Tunnel viewed from north end.
T. D. Dressler Photo

Royersville Tunnel South Entrance

Royersville Tunnel viewed from south end 22 December 1967
T. D. Dressler Photo

 

One of the railroad tunnel watchman was Samuel "Doc" Pleasant Wood.

March 1st 1910 High Water Pictures at Waverly

1910 High Water picture fighting the Scioto River at Waverly, OH
1910 High Water with train on bridge over Scioto River at Waverly, OH
O. S. BREAKS

    There was a collision on the Ohio Southern road at Storm's Station, last Friday, resulting in the death of the flagman, John Holland
   Our understanding is that Holland was sent back to flag a train, but took it for granted that it would be a couple of hours behind time, as frequently was the case, and assumed the responsibility to lay down in the caboose of the standing train and go to sleep.  The incoming train happened to be on time and made kindling-wood of the caboose.  Holland was badly mangled.
    There was another smash-up on this side of Storms' on Monday Sixteen cars were wrecked and piled up on about the length of four.  This was caused by the train breaking in two.  A man was seriously and perhaps totally injured in this accident.

21 Nov. 1884 The Republican

1910 pictures courtesy of Barbara Toppins. Barbara thinks some of the people in the picture with the train may be Addy family members.

See also Ann Arbor Railroad Pictures

Suggested reading is The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad by Scott D. Trostel

   D T & I Pictures     25 June 1917 D T & I Train Wreck      Train wrecks
   N & W in Scioto Co.        

 

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