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I grew up in South
Zanesville and watched PRR/PC freights on the Zanesville branch from Zanesville
to Circleville to Morrow. One of my classmate's father was a conductor on the
line and he also worked from Zanesville to Trinway. There were several locals or
freights listed as ZB1/2, ZB3/4, ZB11/12. ZB 13/14, ZB 15/16 This was in the
40's. I know in the late 60's or early seventy's, there was one train that went
each way but the schedules were so bad because one train couldn't make it
without recrewing. They had a job working out of Circleville and a Penn Central
(ExNYC) job at Fultonham Ohio to work Columbia Cement Co. In addition there was
a Zanesville Yard job on in that era. At South Zanesville, there was a plant
called DURA Corp which made implements and in their final years they made a ramp
for loading trailers onto flatcars. Two lumber companies, Burley Clay Products
and someone loaded coal on the Zanesville Terminal RR and brought it out for
pickup along Rt.22 or Maysville Pike. Roseville and Crooksville had the
potteries, A coal Mine, etc.
Power consisted (in the 1970 period)
GP-9, GP-9B, SW-7, SW 9 and SW 1200 between Zanesville and Morrow. That's about
all the track would stand. Mostly 5 and 10MPH, it took forever to get anywhere.
All in All it was still nice to see a pair of PC GP-9's moving from side to side
with train most every day. The track between Zanesville and New Lexington is
being rehabbed by the State and Ohio Central and OCRR will run coal trains off
the NS from Glouster to Conesville Ohio. I am a Trainmaster for Indiana &
Ohio RR and we operate 4 miles of the old Pennsy through Lancaster. Hopes this
helps. I thought I was the only one that ever watched trains on that line???
Pete Snyder
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