The Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway

The Dayton, Springfield and Urbana Electric Railway. . , The D S and U erected a two-story brick passenger and substation in Urbana, Ohio, that later served as a freight and passenger station. This view, looking north on Main Street, shows a freight motor pulling away from the little depot, a block south of the public square, some time in the year 1920. --Ε. Μ. Neff collection, Rare photo of D S and U Number 51, a Barney and Smith open car, at the entrance to the Urbana Camp Grounds, most likely in the summer of 1902. Service terminated on this branch in the summer of 1904 after many of the buildings were destroyed by fire. -Dr. Charles Evans collection, The above views show the Esplanade and Fountain Square in Springfield. This was the site of the D S and U ticket office. The top view reveals cars in the left as a Grove City Laconia, on loan, and a 62 - foot Columbus, London and Springfield loading for a return run to Columbus. Cars on the right are D S and U Barneys. The single truck car on the left is a Springfield Railway trolley car. The bottom view shows the Arcade station. The curvature at the south end of the loop was too sharp for the big Barney's to negotiate. Later, the station facilities were moved to North Fountain and Columbia Streets -Eldon M. Neff Collection, South Main Street in Urbana, the city building in the background. The car in the foreground is Laconia car No. 148, originally purchased for the Appleyards syndicate's Columbus, Grove City and Southwestern Railway, shows C L and S markings on her letter board and a hand painted "Urbana" on her side sheathing, suggesting that the car was on permanent assignment to the D S and U. --Dr. Charles Evans collection, Views of the Urbana Camp Grounds, a religious retreat and sometimes Chautauqua, located two miles south and east of the Springfield-Urbana main line, south of Urbana. The top view reveals the cottages. The bottom view is of the Main Tabernacle. --Dr. Charles Evans collection, Parked side-by-side at Third and Jefferson Streets in downtown Dayton are Dayton and Western's Barney and Smith Number 180, having just arrived from Richmond, Indiana, and DS and U's Number 7, waiting for its scheduled departure time to Springfield. The Beckel Hotel, shown in the background, served as the ticket office for both roads.