Crops, grain, farmland and the Norfolk Southern rail hub that shapes the city.
The 2023 derailment in Columbiana County prompted investigations, a settlement and new state rules. Bellevue sees hundreds of rail cars a day.
By Tom Brandt ·
Run by volunteers, the museum near downtown displays locomotives, cabooses and passenger cars from the railroads that built the town.
By Tom Brandt ·
From soil testing to winter cover crops, state rules and incentive programs are changing how fields around Bellevue are managed.
By Rachel Yoder ·After the railroad let three weeks pass without answering Bellevue's annexation proposal, the city asked it to honor a written promise to reopen the…
By Tom Brandt ·The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's Nickel Plate 765 will run five private trips between Bellevue and Bucyrus this weekend.
By Tom Brandt ·Mayor Don Berkey told the railroad the city would close East Center and East street crossings in exchange for bringing the rail yards into…
By Tom Brandt ·The railroad plans to add 275 jobs to a yard staff of 700. City officials learned of it only hours before the announcement.
By Tom Brandt ·The project doubles the yard's capacity with 38 new tracks. When finished in 2015, Bellevue will be the largest classification yard on the NS…
By Tom Brandt ·At a Chamber luncheon, Safety-Service Director Jeffrey Crosby said 100 trains a day will cross Center Street once the yard expansion is done.
By Tom Brandt ·Besides keeping Center Street closed, the railroad wants the three Monroe Street crossings and one on East Street abandoned. Council will decide.
By Tom Brandt ·