I thought the list was being outsourced like everything else! John Armstrong Maybe it was one of Seths Cuban "friends"? ... From:...
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Robert Welsh
bobwelsh32971
Sep 23, 2005 5:42 pm
Another victim of NAFTA, eh? I have some photos taken along the NC branch of the N&W/NS that is now a hiking and biking trail. Would it be appropriate to post...
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Don Vaughn
juicecars2003
Sep 25, 2005 1:19 pm
Robert Welsh asked about trail pix - yes, I would say that is an appropriate subject matter. I have some of the Katy Trail (former MKT line across Missouri)...
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Mike Palmer
casco17
Sep 26, 2005 12:26 am
Earlier today I read on another board that a private group of "speeders"; had a farewell trip on the remnant of the D&RGW Aspen branch. Evidently the line will...
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oledanl@...
ole_danl
Sep 26, 2005 2:32 am
I came through Carbondale, CO in July 2005, and the tracks across the highway had been paved over. The last freight hauled there was coal which was trucked ...
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hungry_valley
Oct 3, 2005 10:45 pm
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...
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KenZ
kziegenbein
Oct 3, 2005 11:40 pm
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...
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Kathy Russell
kathysgang2003
Oct 4, 2005 3:41 pm
That sounds like a worth while project. I wish some one would map all abandoned rail lines. ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine...
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hungry_valley
Oct 5, 2005 2:56 pm
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...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 10, 2005 3:46 pm
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...
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Larry
hornfroglooking
Oct 12, 2005 1:33 pm
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...
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Mike Palmer
casco17
Oct 13, 2005 5:31 am
... 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...
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Mike Palmer
casco17
Oct 13, 2005 5:38 am
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...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 13, 2005 6:21 am
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...
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Ken Z
kziegenbein
Oct 13, 2005 2:42 pm
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...
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mjacula@...
mjacula2000
Oct 14, 2005 12:11 am
... 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,...
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bnsfspaz_gf
Oct 14, 2005 1:20 am
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...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 27, 2005 3:12 am
(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...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 27, 2005 3:45 am
Dear mjacula, In Texas, many railroads in Hillsboro, Waco, McGregor, and Gatesville / Hamilton area, "LOST" the Cotton Belt in January of 1941, which so...
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rfnp1964
Oct 27, 2005 10:19 pm
http://www.geocities.com/pem20165/WashingtonOldDominionHistory.html The Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD)was first formed in 1847 as the Alexandria, Loudoun &...
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Mano Deimorte
deimorte
Oct 28, 2005 1:15 am
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, ...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 28, 2005 9:26 pm
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...
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Richard Wallis
vandalialine
Oct 29, 2005 12:18 am
... You might have a problem squraing this statement with a number of litigations involving foreign investors. ... How do railroads "monopolize transportation...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 30, 2005 5:24 pm
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...
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KenZ
kziegenbein
Oct 30, 2005 6:50 pm
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...
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lawnmowermantx
Oct 31, 2005 12:36 am
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...
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KenZ
kziegenbein
Oct 31, 2005 2:10 am
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 ...
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Richard Wallis
vandalialine
Oct 31, 2005 3:25 am
... 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...
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Robert Welsh
bobwelsh32971
Oct 31, 2005 1:25 pm
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...
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lawnmowermantx
Nov 1, 2005 12:50 am
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...
