Welcome to the Yahoo! Message Board for Abandoned Railroads of the US...
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spider16121
May 29, 2001 6:59 am
interested in abandoned railroads from steam era,especially western Pennsylvania...
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jimpsummers
May 30, 2001 11:07 pm
Please feel free to post any proposed or actual abandonment information that you have heard or learned out here. It would be great for this to be a place for ...
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jimpsummers
May 30, 2001 11:10 pm
Norfolk Southern anounced this recently as part of its efforts to recover from the ingestion of its share of Conrail. Below is a link to an article in the ...
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spider16121
Jun 8, 2001 12:27 am
i dont know if this really qualifies as abandoned or not.I found a very good book that has some good information about Iowa railroads.It has several...
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jimpsummers
Jun 23, 2001 2:04 am
Today I witnessed the "un-abandonment" of the former ACL line from just west of the Intracoastal Waterway into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This line was ...
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fglk
Jul 1, 2001 2:19 am
Hello Everyone,<br> I'm new to the club. I am from Auburn, NY which is west of Syracuse, NY. There are a lot of old abandond Rail beds around me such beds are...
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jimpsummers
Jul 8, 2001 4:01 am
Welcome to all the new members! I hope to start putting photos up here and spending more time on my home page. Feel free to post photos and information of your...
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jimpsummers
Jul 21, 2001 2:38 pm
I added a page on Texas on my home page... check it out!...
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as_cool_as_ice2000
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Sep 10, 2001 1:23 am
I am looking for information regarding branched lines used to transport farm products. Lines that are currently active in IL and may be abondened. <br>I am...
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jimpsummers
Oct 1, 2001 1:56 am
I would suggest looking at the SPV atlas for IL (link is on my home page) for the rail lines, existing and abandoned, in that state. As for use in transporting...
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titanicfan7
Oct 9, 2001 1:38 pm
if you like this perhaps you will like mine also, :)<br><a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/abandonedhouses...
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emmaybee887
Oct 27, 2001 1:50 pm
I've been exploring and looking up info on the rail line which once ran through Wagener and Sievern, SC, in eastern Aiken Co. It was abandoned some 70 years...
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emmaybee887
Nov 30, 2001 3:28 am
Just posted one of my pix from an "expedition" last yr. This is very classic grade-level roadbed, bed between two berms, very obvious, looks like others I've ...
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emmaybee887
Nov 30, 2001 4:07 am
I got a copy of Microsoft's Train Simulator when it came out. Only played with it a bit, but it has tools for creating new simulations of track and rolling ...
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jimpsummers
Dec 10, 2001 2:38 am
Great pic and very interesting information on this line. Does it look like the former ROW way was used for farm roads or something else and this is the reason...
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emmaybee887
Dec 10, 2001 10:35 pm
"Does it look like the former ROW way was used for farm roads or something else and this is the reason they are in such good shape after 70 years?"<br><br>No,...
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jimpsummers
Dec 11, 2001 4:03 am
As I wait for Homestead to transfer and activate the Abandoned Railroads home page......
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emmaybee887
Dec 11, 2001 4:50 pm
Having "processed" some of my collection, I've posted some new S&K pix, incl some passed to me by correspondents.<br><br>I also started a new album for pix...
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cynthiana3
Dec 23, 2001 5:31 pm
Do any of you know where I can go to find out about abandoned railroad stations for sale?...
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jimpsummers
Dec 25, 2001 9:50 pm
I just got MSTS for Christmas... I am very interested in seeing how difficult/easy it is to recreate abandoned lines. Have you created any simulated lines...
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jimpsummers
Dec 25, 2001 9:56 pm
I don't know of any particular site where this information is located. I guess this site would be as good as any for this type of information to be posted and ...
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jimpsummers
Dec 25, 2001 10:31 pm
Added more pics to the default folder today. Still waiting on Homestead Personal to activate web site......
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cynthiana3
Dec 25, 2001 11:15 pm
Thanks for the input! I have been doing a little bit of research - apparently the Dept. of Transportation has some information according to the research ...
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jimpsummers
Dec 26, 2001 1:04 am
Cynthiana3 -<br> Yes please, post whatever you find out... I think that would be a nice addition to the abandoned railroad theme.<br><br>Thanks!...
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trainlady58
Dec 27, 2001 2:51 pm
From Dec. 8, 2001 thru July 28, 2002 there will be an exhibition at the art institute of Chicago of: Moden Trains and Splendid Stations: Architecture and ...
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emmaybee887
Dec 29, 2001 8:40 pm
Now that the leaves are fallen, I went back to the Lexington County sections of the line to get pix of the ROW and old bridge timbers that were hidden by...
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emmaybee887
Dec 30, 2001 1:18 am
".. I am very interested in seeing how difficult/easy it is to recreate abandoned lines. Have you created any simulated lines yet? "<br><br>So far, no. For ...
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bcb_contra
Jan 4, 2002 2:27 pm
Hi all, I've talked to Jimmy Summers about this once before and he didn't have much information at the time. But, I'm hoping someone else might.<br><br>I'm ...
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bcb_contra
Jan 4, 2002 2:37 pm
This is a probably a long shot, but does anyone happen to have a map of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, & Sabine Railroad? The line ran from Trinity, Texas ...
