Thursday, January 15, 2026

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Engine No. 1548 sits behind the former Quaker Oats mill in Akron, Ohio, which was college apartments

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=669289241898251&set=pcb.6126450240817075

The students lived in what had been grain silos 


built in 1900, converted to hotel use in 1981

https://signalakron.org/quaker-square-complex-in-process-of-being-sold-by-university-of-akron-if-state-approves/
https://www.beaconjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/03/28/quaker-square-revisited-vintage-photos-of-akron-shops-and-hotel/82611557007/

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1 comment:

  1. Oldtom92:39 PM

    As best as i can recall, the Ohio tourism guise that I received in 2025 does not refer to this locomotive. For Shame! What a fin thing to have seen as we roamed around town! I also could not find tire-themed souvenirs.

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