Youngstown station (New York Central Railroad)
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Aerial photograph of the station in 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Wilson Ave. and Himrod Ave. Youngstown, Ohio United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°05′44″N 80°38′20″W / 41.0956°N 80.6388°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New York Central | ||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | New York Central | ||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 November 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1 January 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
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Youngstown station was a New York Central and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) railway station in Youngstown, Ohio. It opened for rail service on November 11, 1926. In addition to the passenger and freight operations, the station contained the offices for the Franklin Division of the New York Central.
The station was dedicated on November 10, 1926, by G.H. Ingalls, Vice President of Traffic for the railroad, who presented the station to the mayor of Youngstown, Charles F. Scheible. Other speakers at the dedication included J.A. Campbell, President of Youngstown Sheet and Tube, John Tod, Director of the Mahoning Coal Railroad, and several community members. The station was designed by Fellheimer and Wagner of New York City at a cost of $1,500,000.
The station was approximately one mile north of the next major junction at Center Street, where five Class 1 railroads crossed one another at grade: Erie, P&LE, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and New York Central. This was one of the busiest non-interlocked railroad crossings in the U.S. The crossing was under the control of a switchtender employed by the B&O, who directed all movements with colored flags by day and lanterns by night. It was a statutory stop, so no train moved until the switchtender beckoned him on. This included 16 daily passenger trains operated by the PRR, P&LE, NYC, and B&O. This congestion led to challenges for passenger trains accessing the New York Central station.
Throughout much of its history, the station shared New York Central and P&LE passenger responsibilities with the Erie Terminal, located approximately 1.5 miles further up on the Erie (and then Erie Lackawanna) Main Line. For example, in 1956, the New York Central station saw four daily P&LE trains while the Erie station saw ten. Both the eastbound and westbound Empire Express and the Pittsburgh-Buffalo Express stopped at the New York Central station.
The station was party to several prominent arrivals, including the 1952 Democratic Party nominee for President, Adlai Stevenson, who came through the station on a campaign stop in Youngstown.
It was demolished in the 1970s.