(The following appeared on the Youngstown Vindicator website on March 30, 2011.)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — It took workers only 24 hours to remove an early Monday 14-car train derailment in the center of Newton Falls and restore regular train traffic.
By Tuesday morning trains were running again just like normal.
One thing that won’t return as normal, however, is a building that many locals refer to as “The Tower.” It’s the former B&O Depot, also known as the Franklin Street Station, a former elevated station between Canal and Center streets. It stands above Franklin Street.
A CSX spokesman says the station, which CSX owns, has not been used for two years.
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