Editing Crestline, Ohio (section)

===20th century===
[[File:USA 049 Crestline 1.jpg|thumb|left|New York Central line crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad mainline, along with [[Ohio State Route 61]] in Crestline]]
During its heyday, Crestline was a division point for the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway]]. The city housed major engine facilities and would often be the point where motive power was changed for the relatively flat runs to and from [[Chicago, Illinois]].  In addition to the town's station being a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's east–west trains, the station served as a transfer point to the [[New York Central Railroad]]'s northeast–southwest trains.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=88 |issue=4 |date=September 1955}}</ref>

On November 1, 1903, two Pennsylvania line train cars carrying [[dynamite]] exploded, causing damage to the rail lines and several train cars.<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 2, 1903|title=Dynamite Shakes a Town|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/02/102028598.html?pageNumber=3|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> This disaster is noted as one of the catalysts which began the regulation of the shipping of hazardous substances.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Aldritch|first=Mark|title=Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828–1965|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0801894022|location=Baltimore, Maryland|page=216}}</ref>  

The Pennsylvania Railroad's engine facilities included a roundhouse on Crestline Road, decommissioned in 1968 in the aftermath of the merger between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad to form [[Penn Central]]. Demolition of the historic roundhouse commenced in 2007 after years of neglect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crestlineprr.com/|title=Crestline PRR Engine Facility|website=crestlineprr.com}}</ref> But, some buildings still stand. Today, [[Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad]], [[CSX]] and [[Norfolk Southern]] trains operate in and around Crestline.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.odotnet.net/map1/OhioRailMap/images/Ohio-Rail-Map-07-09-Fr-Lg.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326140332/http://www.odotnet.net/map1/OhioRailMap/images/Ohio-Rail-Map-07-09-Fr-Lg.jpg |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>