West Lafayette in Coshocton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Troop Train Accident Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 26, 2025

1. Troop Train Accident Memorial Marker

Inscription. This memorial is
dedicated
to the many
citizens of
Coshocton County
who aided in the
early morning
rescue effort during
the troop train accident
of September 1950

Battery B
Leonard Baton • Eugene Carr • John W. Cox • Liam J. Dough • Hugh I. Fargus • Harold Handlos • Clyde P. Harding • Martin Hornlein • Ronald Jackson • Lester J. Kuehn • Larry L. Luzinski • Frank C. Martine • Charles Norton • Bernard S. Okrasinski • Raymond Pudlowski • Richard A. Royer • William F. Sobers • William M. Wellington • Gilbert B. Wharton • Edmund F. Zabicki • Donald C. Zieker

Service Battery
Car Warmbruster • John L. Barna • William R. Disbrow • William C. Edwards • Joseph E. Fletcher • Edward W. Gallagher • Wallace R. Ludwig • James F. McGinley • Thomas M. Ostrazewski • William F. Tierney • Arthur J. Thomas • Thomas W. Wallace

In memory of
the thirty three members of
E 109th Field Artillery Battalion
Pennsylvania National Guard
Killed Sept. 11, 1950

Erected by American Legion Post; Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 159.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Military • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1950.

Location.

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40° 16.59′ N, 81° 45.054′ W. Memorial is in West Lafayette, Ohio, in Coshocton County. It is at the intersection of East Railroad Street and Kirk Street, on the right when traveling west on East Railroad Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 116 E Railroad St, West Lafayette OH 43845, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train Accident, September 1950 (here, next to this marker); 105 MM, M14BI (a few steps from this marker); West Lafayette Volunteer Fire Department Centennial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); West Lafayette (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named West Lafayette (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named West Lafayette (approx. 0.6 miles away); West Lafayette War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Koquechagachton (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Lafayette.

Troop Train Accident Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 26, 2025

2. Troop Train Accident Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 26, 2025

3. Troop Train Accident Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 26, 2025

4. Troop Train Accident Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 26, 2025

5. Troop Train Accident Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 5, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.