I worked in Cleveland for two years (now back in the UK) and certainly appreciated the fantastic restoration and reuse of the old station (still used for transit trains).
However i have never seen any photos of the station in its hayday - could anyone direct me to a website that may have some photos ?
Regards
PHIL
PS - I like Cleveland and won’t hear a word said against the place - great history and great people - they made me welcome!!
I go to Cleveland every couple of years for the rock hall of fame. I was in the station or mall as it is now. I know the regional transit system uses the lower train area. You might try a Cleveland website. GOOD LUCK
I’d say your problem is that you are calling it by its official name and not by what it is known as around here. Locally it is called the Cleveland Terminal Tower. I did a quick search on that name and came up with the phone book. Below is one website which has historical pictures.
http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fgeneral
I’ve lived in the Cleveland area for more than 20 years and I’ve ridden the Rapid many times (If you live on the east side it is the cheapest way to get to the airport). The renovation of the rapid station and the tower in general was very welcome.
…Great historic photos of railroad building in Cleveland…Terminal bldgs. too…
I forgot to note this in the first post. If you are interested in a more obscure facet of CUT (Cleveland Union Terminal) check the November 1993 issue of CTT. At the opening in 1930 there was a train display which included a model of Terminal Tower. The article is about the discovery of a custom toy train that was part of the display.
Viewing the pictures of CUT reminds me that the NYC used electrification for getting their trains through CUT. What I never knew, what were the limits of the electrified territory?
According to Rehor’s book The Nickel Plate Story “Double-track approach lines built and owned by CUT extended approximately 1.75 miles on each side of the terminal…The entire CUT operation was electrified. The east approach ran southeast to a junction with the NKP at the old Broadway passenger station. The west approach extended practically due south from the terminal, crossing the Cuyahoga valley on a 3450 foot viaduct. Then a long cut carried the line into Walworth Run, where connection was made with teh NKP and the Big Four…from the east a pair of new electrified track 17.1 miles long extended from Collinwod, the huge NYC steam terminal in the northeastern part of the city to the Big Four facilities at Linndale in the southwest.”
I have wondered about that. Thanks for posting.
Hi Phil
Try this link.
http://www.csuohio.edu/CUT/tower2.htm
I grew up outside of cleveland and wish I had taken some pics of Whiskey Island and the Huletts.
Pete
May I suggest that you mail a check for twelve dollars USA to Kalmbach, Classic Trains, for the excellent issue of a about 16 months ago that featured Cleveland Union Staiton, with the history and lots of good photographs including steam, deisel and electric?
I was in Cleveland a few years ago and couldn’t figure out much of anything. I think I saw the Station. But the Hall of Fame was great.
The CUT motors were converted to third-rail pickup when the terminal electrification was discontinued and were assigned to New York. They were re-classified as P-motors and survived into the Penn Central era.