Thousands of miles of railroads have been abandoned in the United States, much of it in the last 30 years. All of these railroad lines have a history and a story. This club is dedicated to the preservation of the history of each of these former railroad lines. Please join and contribute.
The picture at right shows the former Bisbee Branch of the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad.
I think the ST+LC has been permanently Abandoned by the state with part of it actually being ripped up farther west to be made into a snow-mobile trail. The
... I believe the State of New Mexico now owns that whole Raton line - they do own the part north and south of ABQ - for the purpose of eventually providing
In September, we drove past East St. Johnsbury, in northern Vermont. The track of the former SJ&LC (St Johnsbury & Lake Champlain) is still intact there, with
In May of this year we drove by this branch on the way to/from Santa Fe. This branch leaves the BNSF (former Santa Fe) Raton Pass line in northeast New