I signed up when this group only had a few members and I have watched with interest where this has gone. I had to cut groups due to traffic but came back...
As some of you know, I started putting first time abandonment notices on a special railroad abandonment webpage back in 2000 or so. I get this information from...
That sounds like a worth while project. I wish some one would map all abandoned rail lines. ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine...
How about you? You must have a favorite line. We found a few tools that really make it much easier. The main one is Google Earth. Of course Southern California...
Dear Group, On my last road trip to Waco, TX (10-7-05) has revealed another hit in railroading. Union Pacific has scrapped usage of its rails in the cities of...
7-11-05: Norfolk Southern will abandon a handful of miles in the Carolinas. NS plans to abandon 2.4 miles between Milepost R-126.6 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Also...
... notices on a ... Ken, I really appreciate your site! I read it periodically, especially looking for lines in my area (Southern California). In some cases...
We drove by this line again yesterday. (This was a branch that left the UP/Los Angeles & Salt Lake main several miles south of Las Vegas, NV.) The line...
Dear Folx, I'd like to thank a generous person for sending me a jpeg of the city of Waco, when the railroads went through during the heyday. Sadly the same...
Thanks. Yes, I know some lines are simply transferred and the abandonment request is siimply red tape paperwork to get it done. There are also lots of times...
... Hi Ken. I think it's a catch22. If the line is ripped up, then if it is needed again, it would be a huge outlay to re-lay trackage. If it is left as is,...
I'm trying to upload some new pictures of abandoned railroad lines in North Dakota into my new folder (named "Louis (bnsfspaz_gf)"), but the space is almost...
(Reported at the 6 O'clock news!) http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=8343 Proposition would move trains out of town Watch Video Updated: Oct...
Dear mjacula, In Texas, many railroads in Hillsboro, Waco, McGregor, and Gatesville / Hamilton area, "LOST" the Cotton Belt in January of 1941, which so...
http://www.geocities.com/pem20165/WashingtonOldDominionHistory.html The Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD)was first formed in 1847 as the Alexandria, Loudoun &...
To List -- I know TRAINS and other magazines print lists of current or contemporary abandonments from time to time, but my question is whether a single, ...
Dear Mano, If you "google" key word +abandonment +railroad +us ect. It will give some "directory" listing. I don't believe there "IS" a list per se. Back when...
... You might have a problem squraing this statement with a number of litigations involving foreign investors. ... How do railroads "monopolize transportation...
Dear Richard, Thank You for "pointing out" something for me. Railroad company after railroad company didn't just decide to build a line for the fun of it. As I...
Railroads haul more freight tonnage TODAY than they ever did in their history, including WWII, so obsolete they are not. UP and BNSF are spending billions...
Dear Ken, Thank you so much on that "wisdom nugget" If I had more time (I'm heading off to work) I'd go deeper. Railroad's now are more MASS VOLUME than ever...
Michael, I agree that rails are mass volume, intermodal more than mixed freight these days and that's a large reason the tonnage is at record heights on major ...
... It's not at all obvious. The history of American railroads in the 19th Century is a history of overbuilding. The industry's recurring problem was...
The last time I checked, the railroad industry was deregulated and the trucking industry was heavily subsidized by the fact that the highways they rely on to...
Dear Folx, With regard to a dialog about regulation, and the way railroads operating in the United States, it stands to reason, abandoned rails will never come...
Michael; I would prefer to state that your recent posts have created a discussion, not an argument! I recently left the C&NW List because certain listers...
Part of the reason for the "benifits" (eminent domain condemnations) railroads have enjoyed is due to the government need for them in moving military...
Thanks Don, you said it all. Later, Larry Paul. Don Vaughn <cgwfan@...> wrote: Michael; I would prefer to state that your recent posts have created a...
Don, Yes there are a few of us women out here that are railfans, been one myself for nearly 60 years. I too have left a couple of lists because of bashing. A...
Dear Group, I'm sure "different" railroad companies "bash" one another, all in good "pun" or "fun" and at the end, meet at the local "drink" for a beer or two,...
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