Yesterday's Hot Spot

The location of this photo is Fostoria, Ohio at 5:33 on the morning of 9 July 1984. A temperature inversion layer has worked its way into north central Ohio, trapping haze and smog at the surface. You are looking east along the old Baltimore & Ohio main line; the outline of "F Tower" is faintly visible on the left at the base of the communication structures. Railroading has dramatically changed since this photo was taken nearly 35 years ago -- as has railfanning. And we intend to photographically revisit those noteworthy locations. (R. Craig photo)

Each month during 2019, a different North American "Hot Spot" from the past will be the focus of a photo essay. If you are interested in helping illustrate those changing scenes, please let us know.

Uploaded: 1 February 2019

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North American Hot Spots of the Past

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January

Vickers Crossing

(Southeast of Toledo, Ohio)

R. Craig photo

February

Ishpeming / Negaunee Corridor

(Michigan's Upper Peninsula)

Chuck Schwesinger photo

March

Marshall Canyon

(Southwest/West of Spokane)

Doug Wingfield photo

April

Doswell Junction

(North of Ricmond, Virginia)

Stanley Short photo

May

Colton Tower

(Southern California)

Craig Walker photo

June

Hyde Park

(West of London, Ontario)

R. Craig photo

July

Bill, Wyoming Placeholder

August

Easton, PA & Phillipsburg, NJ

(Bridges Over The Delaware River)

Scott Mattes photo

September

Tower 55

Fort Worth, TX

John Shine photo

October

Mechanicville

New York

Bill Johnson photo

November

East Dubuque, Illinois

Mark G. Gayman photo

December

Roosevelt Road Overpass (Chicago)

Rick Burns photo


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