Fostoria Rail Park

11/04/2024

New events added to the web page.

11/04/2024

COMING EVENT

11/04/2024

11/01/2024

A couple Canadian visitors CP 8027 CP 8171 lead a ethanol train west through Fostoria Ohio. Nov 1 2024 Courtesy railstream.net

10/31/2024

A NS meet at the Railpark Oct 31 2024. Courtesy railstream.net

10/28/2024

Courtesy railstream.net

10/21/2024

If you have a upcoming train show and or event in the area, please send info to [email protected] and I will post it here.

10/14/2024

Anybody who was at the Canfield show yesterday and wanted to share a couple photos, send to [email protected]
Thanks

10/14/2024

CSX 1899 Pere Marquette rolls past the RailPark in the early morning. Oct 14 2024 Courtesy railstream.net

10/01/2024

I know early but people like to plan. :-) Have an event? Send us info. [email protected]

10/01/2024

Added the videos and a couple new events. Click Special and Rail Events. http://fostoriarailpark.com/

09/30/2024

https://youtu.be/0Ykk6iRXkzo?si=nSqKKbl-XxNts-r1

Now this is how you do. Thanks to Kelby and the crew for the best salute of the day. Video courtesy of Virtual Railfan & RailStream.

09/30/2024

A NEW RAILFAN LOCATION: For those that may not be aware.

WTOL 11 Jan 13 2023

Overpass to be built in Fostoria's Iron Triangle neighborhood
The $14 million project will ensure one rail crossing into the neighborhood will remain open to traffic.

FOSTORIA, Ohio — The Iron Triangle neighborhood in Fostoria is notorious for trains blocking access to the entire neighborhood, but the city has secured funding to address that problem. The neighborhood off of Columbus Avenue and South Town Street in Fostoria is known as the Iron Triangle. To get in and out of the area, motorists have to cross one of three rail crossings.

That can lead to situations like the one that occurred in 2011 where a combination of work on two crossings and a stopped train completely cut off access to this neighborhood, which is problematic in emergencies.
"It can be [sporadic] on a daily basis, it really can from hour-to-hour," Fostoria Fire Chief Jason Root said. "Sometimes we run a couple calls a day in there, sometimes it's maybe once a week."

The city will be combining funding with partners at the Ohio Rail Commission, CSX, and Norfolk Southern with a recent $7 million grant from the Federal Department of Transportation.
n total, $14 million are now available for Fostoria to finally build an overpass at the Town Street crossing. This will hopefully eliminate any situation where people can't get out or first responders can't get in.

"I can remember in the past where we've actually been trapped out by trains," Root said. "And you know, when the structure fire is going on you feel a little helpless, so this should alleviate that problem."
An overpass at the Iron Triangle has been on the city administration's mind for nearly 25 years.

Mayor Eric Keckler is thrilled to have finally put the pieces together to get this overdue project moving. "Had a lot of family and some friends live down in the Iron Triangle," he said. "So, from that aspect and just knowing that we've come to a solution to make this happen is pretty exciting stuff."

Keckler says it could take up to four years to get the overpass completed. But he is hopeful that the city of Fostoria can host their first public information meeting on this construction project by the end of the year.

"[It'll be] a conversation here in town on just what the bridge will look like," Keckler said. "And it'll be in public meetings so we can get that input from folks in Fostoria about what they think it should look like and then the design phase starts."

11/07/2023

RAILPARK UPDATE: November 3 2023
Washrooms, Cameras, Wine & Cheese & Santa At The Depot

Thanks to Ellen Gatrell for this update. It can be viewed and downloaded HEREhttp://fostoriairontriangle.com/News/updatenov32023.pdf