It is unfortunate that there are some group that take off-topic and closely unrelated (ie: Penn to Penn Central et, al) topics to the extreme. I try to make...
Railroad is railroad and the more we share information between our groups the better it is for all and the better information that gets around to all and the...
Hello to all and to those i haven't wrote to before, hello as well. In my quest for Egyptian line info, i have discovered a little info in regards to a ...
Hello All-- Just thought I'd ask you guys a question. For those of you who have been out exploring old abandoned grades, especially those in very isolated...
There are some box cars sitting on an abandoned siding next to a factory in Huntington, Indiana along the abandoned Erie Lackawana. They looked as if they had...
I found an old Central of Georgia concrete call box that is adjacent to the old roadbed in Leeds, AL. The new roadbed is several yards behind the call box. Why...
In a message dated 5/6/2003 2:04:00 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Where else have people seen abandoned signals still lit after the tracks have been pulled up?...
List - Oh, this is a great question! Just get out to the state of Iowa, which, at one time, had the second most miles of track per square mile (second to...
I just posted photo's of the D&H VO interlocking with the Conrail out of Selkirk. I used to work for the D&H these photo's were taken just about 4months after...
... have ... ago ... California ... been ... Wow, you guys have found some very interesting things. A working semaphore in the middle of a field would be neat...
How about debris left from a derailment, like cars going down a step incline.. I have seen this in W. Virginia or Penn. while canoeing the Big Sandy River.....
Oh, a lot come to mind... Abandoned substations on the Milwaukee Road in Montana A very neat stone bridge, the only remnant of the Ogdensburg Mine RR in NJ and...
I have seen the remains of a caboose in Colorado once while snowmobiling. It was in a gully just west of Garfield, CO on the now abandoned D&RGW Monarch ...
In Southern Calif....in the Palms district of LA there is a trapped boxcar on a siding by an old furniture store. The rail line was cut less than 20 years...
In a message dated 5/6/2003 9:42:29 PM Central Daylight Time, ... If you happen across the link, post it to the list, and I find it I'll post it also. Thanks, ...
... step ... Funny you should mention this subject. Not long ago I found what I believe to be a wreck site from a narrow gauge railroad that once ran out of...
this has been a fun thread to read. we're inventorying the whole state of ky and in the last 2 years we have gleefully discovered many railroad artifacts. some...
Hello to all, My research has been progressing very well and i am in the process of organizing all my info into some sort of order. I wish to thank all of...
Boy, that does sound like fun. I would like to do something like that here in Georgia. Any takers? Thanks for sharing...look forward to the site. Brad Atlanta,...
Well, in Oregon near Salem, I found abandoned on the old SP Geer Banch line some box cars and other cars sitting on some track that had not been removed. You...
Hello: Anyone out there who is interested in exploring the abandoned NYWS&B/WSRR west or Selkirk? This fascinating would-be competitor to the NYC in the 1880's...
See for some material on West Shore beyond Selkirk http://www.geocities.com/k_kinlock/west_of_the_hudson.htm ... __________________________________ Do you...
Thank you!! The information you sent is new and should prove helpful. If you are aware of anyone in your area who shares this interest, feel free to give my...
Maybe someone could help me with this find. When I was about 4 or 5, 1965, my family stayed in some overnight cabins near Ghost Town in Maggie Valley. One...
http://www.railtrails.org I don't know about in your town, but in mine there are twenty-six new trails proposed at a time when people are asking for a...
In a message dated 5/14/2003 3:20:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Would you like to illumine us as to where Maggie Valley IS? ... Dean Carroll [Non-text...
In my town they are trying to pull up three miles of a nine mile length of track of a currently working rail line in order to complete a trail. The park...
