Dear Mr. Nichols, I don't know specifically who handles the abandonment postings, but I do know restoring an abandoned line "after" it takes place is like...
Michael, I appreciate the reply. I am not disagreeing with your comments. As a matter of fact, you are probably right. I was attempting to answer a specific...
Thanks Eric they worked fine. Regards Dan ... From: Ken Kanne <kkrkanne@...> To: abandonedrailroadsoftheus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, 25 May, 2007...
I know I read a legal brief done by an attorney railfain back when the railroad company folks in Chicago tried to prevent someone from taking photographs from...
Dear Mr. Nichols, When a R.O.W. goes "trail-blazing" and of course the issue would be necessity vs practiality (i.e. would the railroad be willing to go...
Michael, it will take someone much wiser and more experienced in railroad matters than I to give a speicific answer to your question. I am sure that businesses...
Here is a partial list or reactivated rail corridors: http://www.americantrails.org/resources/railtrails/rerail04.html Burr Hubbell ... of conversion from...
Mr. Nichols: Thanks for your response. If you are interested in abandonments, notice of intent to abandon service generally has to be posted in the Federal...
Dear Mr. Nichols: You really pushed me in the right direction. Another searchable site is the Surface Transportation Board: http://www.stb.dot.gov Their...
Burr, I am glad that you were able to get educated on your question of trails being activated to rails. As I said in my answer to you, there are smarter people...
Dear Folx, Thank you so much group members for this! I too not totally learned in 'railroad affairs' only get information from Google, and search engines,...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Last modified Monday, June 18, 2007 12:51 AM PDT <http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/community> Falling off track By BENNETT HALL ...
Dear Group, My last post was pretty lengthy, yet as luck would have it, and some tricky searching, the R.O.W. from Ireland, TX to Carlton, TX has been found! I...
We've had luck in locating abandoned rail on USGS topo maps, and on old soil survey maps. In a library search, we located a 1924 soil map that included the...
I thought some of you might like to see the Rock Island abandoned track and roadbed at Brasfield, Arkansas today (Saturday). Brasfield was celebrating their...
Ken, great pics but they make me so sad. THE ROCK..... gone but not forgotten. Tim ... From: Ken Ziegenbein To: abandonedrailroadsoftheus@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Ken - reference the great shots at Brasfield - your "what is it?" is a rear end from an automobile. The end items are brake drum assemblies. Hey, get three...
From the Columbia, Missouri Mid-Missouri Railfans newsletter Vol. 35 Number 6, June, 2007 issue: The newly organized Ozark Valley Railroad announced on May 24,...
Thanks for the i.d. of the part laying on the ground. I don't know much about mechanical things. Good luck on the old line opened for rail again. Hope it...
Greeetings, In reading over the recent questions/comments, about a rail trail returning back to an active rail line, I share the following: In the January 2006...
This is all the old IC line from Decatur IL to Evansville IN. Browns is where the IC crossed the SOU's St. Louis line west of Mt. Carmel IL. Grayville is...
... <n.metcalf@...> wrote: Norm, Thanks...I see it now. The SPV atlas is dated 1996, and the ex-IC line is shown as 'WOHO' (Wabash & Ohio) but was still...
Hi, I'm new to this group, and have just gone through about 400 posts. Lots of info here! I haven't read any mention here of the Algood to Monterey, TN,...
I have written a book entitled "History of the Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railroad". This book is a collection of some of my experiences as a...
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Hey guys and gals, I was in Panama City last Friday (June 30th) and saw a switcher and slug lettered for the CIRR. I have two questions: 1) Does anyone know...
CIRR is the Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, I just sent a link to their website. I also posted a link to one of the various reporting mark websites. Norm...
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