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Big Island, Ohio

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Big Island is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Big Island, Ohio
Harding Highway West, Big Island Township

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N 40.612222222222 ° E -83.216944444444 °
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Harding Highway West 3267
43302 Big Island Township
Ohio, United States
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Marion Union Station
Marion Union Station

Marion Union Station is a former passenger railroad station at 532 W. Center Street in Marion, Ohio, United States. As a union station it served several train lines: the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway or CCC & St. L. (acquired in 1906 by the New York Central Railroad), and Erie Railroad (and its successor Erie Lackawanna Railroad). These lines intersected at the station, so it was a significant transfer point between different geographic points. It was built in 1902 (opening on July 31), it featured marble walls and patterned mosaic tiles on the floor. In 1923, it was the last stop on president Warren Harding's funeral train. It was a canteen stop for soldiers during World War II. It had its last long distance train in 1971 with the end of the Chesapeake & Ohio's connector line to the George Washington.Into the 1960s, it was a stop for several long distance passenger trains on the following railroads: Chesapeake and Ohio Sportsman (Detroit, MI – Newport News and Washington, D.C., via Toledo, Columbus and Charlottesville); in last years a connector line for the George Washington Erie Railroad (and after 1960: Erie Lackawanna) Atlantic Express and Pacific Express (Chicago, IL – Hoboken, NJ) Erie Limited (Chicago, IL – Hoboken, NJ) Lake Cities (Chicago, IL – Hoboken, NJ) New York Central Cleveland Special / Gateway (St. Louis, MO – Cleveland, OH) Southwestern Limited (St. Louis, MO – New York, NY)