Clinton Ensworth

Bibliography

• "The Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad and the 'New' PA&WRR", Medina County Historical Society, 1993, revised 7/1996.

Obituary

From "Medina County Life":

Unitar­ian Universalist Church of Akron

Clinton B. F. Ensworth, Jr., 87, died Thursday, November 4, 2010.

He was born November 14, 1922, in Akron.

Ensworth graduated from East High School and served in the U.S. Army in the 35th Infantry Division during World War II. He was a Purple Heart veteran.

Ensworth completed his education at The University of Akron and Columbia University to become a school teacher. He taught in Akron Public schools for 29 years, retiring from Buchtel High School in 1976. Ensworth also worked as a patrolman on the Portage Lakes for nine years, during summers. In 1960 he moved to a 113-1/2 acre farm in Medina County, where Ensworth started his own outdoor 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad, the PA & W. He was a pioneer in point-to-point railroad operation in the region at that time. In 1969, Ensworth was one of 18 charter members who founded the Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers/NEOLS.

For many years Ensworth hosted train meets and authored numerous train articles. He was a member of NEOLS, the Akron Railroad Club, and many other train clubs and organizations, notably the Land Conservancy, Lighter Than-Air Society, Center for Inquiry and the American Civil Liberties Union.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Ruth and brother, Bob.

He is survived by brother, Jack Ensworth of Bend, Oregon and locally, by cousin, John Bradley, Jr. He leaves daughters, Susan Shah and Jean (Phil) Schreiner, Jr., son, Clint (Becky) Ensworth, III and grandchildren, Nicholas and Michael Shah, Will and Drew Schreiner and Stephanie and Emily Ens worth.

This special former President, General Manager and gandy dancer of the PA&W Railroad has moved on down the line! He will be greatly missed and always remembered with love.

Gallery

https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109143&p=420810&hilit=ensworth#p420810 Paul Pickard wrote]:

Here are some more home movies my dad took in the early 1970's.

We open with Bob Chrismann(SP?) of Erie Pa and his home track. Bob built a very nice NYC 2-8-2. He had just a normal city lot but he did some tricks with the loco to get it to go around very sharp curves. I remember Bob very well and he was a awful nice guy. My dad and him were pretty good friends. My dad got him some prints of an L2 NYC Mohawk, I don't know if Bob ever got a start on it.

Next is some very much out of focus shots of my dads engine on our track at home. Sad as I don' think are any movies of the engine running on our own track. Sorry for the quality.

Last is some stuff at Clint Ensworth's track near Medina Ohio. The Bleils's brought their Pacific which can be seen a couple times. Clyde is running. I have more at the Ensworth track but it is not digitized as of yet.

External Links

• "NEOLS 40th Anniversary", Chaski.org
• "Two More Live Steamers Pass On", Chaski.org
• "More home movies 1970's Clint Ensworth, etc", Chaski.org