MAHONING COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Canfield		Western Reserve Village, Canfield Fairgrounds on Columbiana-Canfield Road (GPS: 41.011068,-80.760404)	P	Museum	1865	None	Wood
Lowellville		49 River Road (GPS: 41.03528,-80.536829)	P	Business	1905	In Use	Wood
North Lima		11812 Market St (SR 7 & 696) at tracks. (GPS: 40.947109,-80.658121)	P	Railroad	????	In Use	Wood
Sebring		216 East Pennsylvania Avenue (GPS: 40.920951,-81.016469)	C	Society	1900	In Use	Wood
Youngstown		530 Mahoning Avenue (GPS: 41.10279,-80.658271)	P	Business	1905	In Use	Brick
Youngstown		555 MLK Boulevard (W. Federal) at North Avenue (GPS: 41.104401,-80.658228)	P	Business	1948	In Use	Brick
Youngstown		MLK Boulevard (W. Federal) between North Avenue and Belmont Avenue. (GPS: 41.104603,-80.656643)	F	Storage/ Vacant	????	Gone	Brick/ Concrete
Youngstown		112 West Commerce Street (GPS: 41.101826,-80.650133)	P	Offices	1922	Gone	Brick
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Austintown		The original Niles & New Lisbon RR station was built here in 1869 when this location was known as West Austintown. The station was demolished in 1911 and as of 1919 Erie records indicate that there was only a freight platform here.
Alliance Junction (N. Sebring)		This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings listed as North Sebring.
Beloit		The first station appears on the 1874 map which shows the station here on the north side of the tracks on the east side of Main Street. Originally known as Smithfield Station, the name was changed to Beloit in 1863. This station also served as an express agency and the building likely housed other businesses as well.
Beloit		The second generation station was south of the tracks on the west side of Main Street (SR 173).
Bentley		The station was built in 1895 and had two entensions of ten feet each in 1907 and 1917. Bentley was .5 mile from Lowellville Junction and was the western terminus of the Mahoning State Line RR which went from Bentley to Shaw Junction on to Hillsville and Johnson. The station was west of the Lowellville station off Lowellville Road at approximately GPS: 41.038540, -80.544858. It served the Ohio Iron & Steel complex there.
Berlin Centre		This was the first Berlin Centre station, probably constructed in the mid 1880s by the Alliance, Niles & Ashtabula Railroad. It was on the west side of the tracks on the north side of Berlin Station Road. There was a hoop factory to the north of the station.
Berlin Centre		This second generation (see above) depot was also located on Berlin Station Road. This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
Best		A 9'x16' passenger shelter was built here in 1907 according to NYC valuation records. This station was between North Benton and Allaince. It was mainly a flag stop, but one train per day had a regular stop there according to the 1913 LEA&W timetable.
Calla		The first station here was a combination station and post office on the south side of Calla Road on the west side of the tracks. According to the 1888 NYLE&W Annual Report, a new passenger station was built here by a private party and transferred to the railroad free of charge.
Calla		According to Erie RR valuation records, the station was built in 1907. It was on the north side of Calla Road. After the station went out of service it was moved to the south side of the road and served as a residence until the early 1990s when it was burned as practice for the local fire department.
Campbell		This station was on Wilson Avenue just NW of 10th Street. It was on the NE side of the tracks (GPS: 41.0697,-80.597042).
Ellsworth		This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
Garfield		This station was on the east side of South Princeton Road (SR-534, formerly Depot Street), on the south side of the tracks (GPS: 40.920165,-80.954821). According to PRR valuation records, this station was built in 1902.
Greenford (Green)		The first station here burned down around 1917 and was replaced temporarily with the boxcar station listed below.
Greenford (GREEN)		Putting together information from the Mahoning Dispatch (local Canfield, Ohio newspaper), Erie RR 1918 valuation map, and facts about the 1917 takeover of US railroads by the USRA (USRA also took over and combined all the express companies like Wells Fargo and Southern Express, consolidating all of them into American Railway Express. After WWI American Express became REA.), one can conclude that this boxcar station was used to replace the earlier structure that burned down about 1917. The American Railway Express sign probably dates the photo from about 1920. --Note by Bob Gentzel.
Greenford (GREEN)		This station was on the north side of West South range Road (SR-165), on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 40.944001,-80.778421). The Niles & New Lisbon RR station agent in 1874 was A. Reichstadt, who was also the proprietor of a tin shop. According to the 1874 directory, he "keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of tin ware at the railroad depot." According to Erie RR valuation records, the station standing here in 1919 was built in 1892.
Greenford		According to Erie RR valuation records, the freight station standing here in 1919 was built in 1897. A gale blew the roof of the depot in 1913 (The Mahoning Dispatch, 3-28-1913).
Loveland (Marquis)		Also known as Loveland Station, not be confused with the Loveland in Clermont County. According to Erie RR valuation records, the station standing here in 1919 was built in 1907.
Lowellville		This station was on the east side of 3rd Street just north of East Water Street (GPS: 41.036053,-80.533648). Although the station was on the mainline, the platform was on the south side facing a spur that ended here. According to P&LE valuation records the station was built in 1880 (estimated).
Lowellville		The Pittsburgh & Western (later B&O) station was on the SW corner of 3rd Street and East Liberty Street (GPS: 41.036312,-80.533749). There was a switch tower directly to the west.
Lowellville		This station is shown on maps from 1874 and 1899. Those maps show the station farther to the NW of the existing 1905 station at about 41.036361,-80.538744.
Marquis		See listing for Loveland above.
Nebo		A station is shown here on maps from 1874.
North Jackson		This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
North Lima		There was a freight station here near the passenger station. It collapsed or was torn down in the early 2000s.
North Sebring		See listing for Alliance Junction above.
Ohltown		There may not have been an Erie station here, but there was a station here when the line was the Niles & New Lisbon.
Rosemont		According to PRR valuation records, this station was built in 1891. This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
Snodes		There was a station shown here on 1899 maps. This station was on the Alliance Branch of the PRR. A station is shown here on the 1923 PRR List of Stations & Sidings.
Struthers		This was the first Struthers station.
Struthers		This station, built sometime in the late 1800s, was on the NW corner of South Bridge Street and State Street (GPS: 41.056247,-80.588405). It was torn down in February 1967. The first station here was located a bit more to the NW on State Street the NE end of Poland Avenue.
Struthers		Does anyone know where this passenger station was? It was also used as the superintendent's office for the Lake Erie & Eastern RR.
Struthers		There was a freight station at the end of a spur on the SW side of Union Street NW of South Bridge Street (GPS: 41.058352,-80.588072). This station was built in 1913 and appears on the Sanborn map from 1928.
Thorn Hill		This station was on the east side of the A&GW tracks on the north side of Hubbard Road (GPS: 41.122191,-80.634693), but may have also served the LS&MS in early years.
Youngstown		The first Erie RR predecessor station, of the Cleveland & Mahoning RR, here was on West Commerce Street (formerly West Wick Street) between 5th (formerly Holmes Street) and North Chestnut Streets (GPS: 41.103455,-80.653741). It was built around 1857.
Youngstown		The second Erie RR predecessor station here was on the east corner of North Phelps and West Commerce Street (GPS: 41.101620, -80.649584). It was built in 1874 as it is shown as the "new depot" on maps from that year. Erie valuation records list the build date as 1883, but that is likely incorrect. It served the Erie RR until 1922 when operations moved into the existing office building style depot.
Youngstown	AND	This freight station was at the east corner of West Commerce Street (formerly West Wick Street) and 5th Street (formerly Holmes Street) at GPS: 41.103557, -80.654063. According to Erie RR valuation records, the brick end was buil in 1884 and the frame end was built in 1896.
Youngstown	AND	There was a passenger station SW of Wilson Avenue between Himrod Avenue and the Madison Avenue Expressway (GPS: 41.095449, -80.638789). The station was accessed from a viaduct from Wilson Avenue. The P&LE also used this station begining in 1915. There was a frame addition to the station that was owned and used by American Express.
Youngstown		A freight station was located a bit to the north on the south side of Himrod Avenue at Wilson Avenue (GPS: 41.095767,-80.638876).
Youngstown		In 1904, a larger freight station was built across the street on the north side of Himord Avenue (41.096583,-80.639123). The P&LE also used this freight house for car load business begining in 1915.
Youngstown		There was a passenger station on the south side of Valley Street on the east side of the tracks. This location is now directly under the US-422 (North Lane Avenue) overpass (41.104662,-80.63651).
Youngstown (Thorn Hill)		This station was near where Hubbard Road crosses the tracks.
Youngstown	AND	This station was built in 1926 and was located near the intersection of Himrod and Wilson Avenues at GPS: 41.095665, -80.638693.
Youngstown		The first AY&P station here was at the corner of West Federal Street and 5th Avenue where Front Street is today (GPS: 41.102752,-80.655742). When the new station was built in 1889, this station was moved to a lot on the Crab Creek Branch where it served as a freight house (20th Century History of Youngstown, 1907).
Youngstown		This PRR station, built in 1889, was at Spring Common at the corner of West Federal Street and 5th Avenue where Front Street is today (GPS: 41.102752,-80.655742). It was known as the Spring Common Depot. "QD" tower was nearby.
Youngstown		There was a freight station on the NW side of Market Street (GPS: 41.095847,-80.653081).
Youngstown		There was a freight station on the SW corner of South Phelps and West Front Street (GPS: 41.09882,-80.652157). The freight sidings came in from the NW and ended at Phelps Street. The station was built in 1902 and extended in 1908.
Youngstown	Lawrence Railroad	The Lawrence RR had a station here that was sold in 1873 to the Mahoning Coal Company when the railroad bought an interest in the AY&P Spring Common station and used that facility. The specific location of this original station is unknown (if you have a source, please send it along). The Lawrence RR, after a few name changes/iterations, finally became part of the PY&A in 1887.
Youngstown		The original Pittsburgh & Western (later B&O) station was on the SE side of Market Street across the street from the east end of Hamilton Street (GPS: 41.097125,-80.651303). It was a stub end station.
Youngstown		On maps from 1884, a Painesville & Youngstown (later P&W) depot is shown on the south side of Mahoning Avenue just west of Oakhill Avenue (formerly Mill Street). The tracks at that time ended just south of the station (GPS: 41.101737,-80.657448).
Youngstown		There was a large freight station on the SE side of Market Street along Freeman Alley (just to the NE of where the original passenger station was located (GPS: 41.097667,-80.650839).
Youngstown		There was a freight station at the corner of South Phelps and Hamilton Streets (GPS: 41.09799,-80.652781). After it went out of service for the railroad it was used as a warehouse for a wholesale fruit dealer.
Youngstown (Brier Hill)		This station was SW of Federal Street near the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company. It is shown on maps from 1899.
Youngstown (HAselton)		This station was NW of Center Street (GPS: 41.082271,-80.621688).
1898 MAHONING COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Canfield (Niles & New Lisbon) - Restored. This station originally sat at the corner of Newton and Railroad Streets on the NE side of the tracks. The N&NL was a predecessor of the Erie Railroad. Although other sources say the station was built in 1865, Erie RR valuation records list this station as being built in 1886. Lowellville (PY&A) - Antique Store. On National Register of Historic Places. Build date is from the book 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 1907. North Lima (Y&S) - Crew base for Y&S. Sebring (PRR) - The Sebring Station is the home of the Sebring Model Railroad Club and Historical Society. There are approximately 50 members. The building is home to the Ohio & Western Allegheny Model Railroad, which occupies the 25 x 70 foot freight room. It was moved across the tracks to its current location in the 1970s. Youngstown (B&O) - Formerly a restaurant and Amtrak stop. Now serves as a banquet hall. On National Register of Historic Places. Youngstown (PRR) - Was also bus station. Replaced the earlier PRR station. Youngstown (Erie/P&LE) - Across the street from the PRR passenger station. This terminal was built sometime between 1907 and 1928. It appears on the 1928 Sanborn map as "Erie & P&LE Frieght House." Later known as Lederer Terminal. Youngstown (Erie) - Building does not look like a railroad structure; it looks like an office building. It is six stories high. Passenger platform is in the back and is the only area that looks like a railroad station. Child Support Enforcement Agency currently using a portion of the buildings. Some offices appear to be abandoned. Tracks have been torn out for some time and area is now a parking lot. This was the passenger station and also served as division and regional headquarters. It was used by the RR until the 1980s. The facility was also used by the P&LE and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places.