I hope that everybody here has had a chance to see the new "Maps" feature on the Abandoned Rails website. It has been over a month since I started this...
that's a great idea. Do you use GPS to help update the maps? What percentage of US abandoned maps are online already? Fascinating subject. Back in the 1970s...
I've heard that work has started, ripping out the now abandoned (portion) 40 +- miles of the McCloud Railway (McCloud, CA). I really hate to see a good...
Don- Salvage work started around July 21st. As of last Saturday morning they had removed the Sierra branch and had started work in the old Burney yard, but...
Thanks Jeff! My object of the post, was to inform others that most of the McCloud is being ripped up. Does anyone know where any of the old McCloud River...
I can't attend, but at the Federal Courthouse in Eugene, OR, the FRA is holding a special meeting, addressing the abandonment of most of CORP's Coos Bay...
Don, and everyone else on this group- Salvage work has started in earnest. I have a new section of McCloud Rails started up to cover the scrapping efforts....
Another portion of the former Chicago Great Western Railway will become part of the Iowa trail system. From Coulter to Clarksville, Iowa, this portion of the...
http://www.wsoctv.com/video/17362073/index.html Check this link out. The old P&N line in Gaston County NC may see some use. My question is where customers...
Can anybody give me some info on a former ROW in and around Upper Darby, Pennsyvania, that started west of Fernwood-Yeardon R3 station, and then ran north...
According to the SPV atlas it was a former PRR line . ... From: ddey65 To: abandonedrailroadsoftheus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 3:54 PM ...
Lonoke, Arkansas (15 miles east of Little Rock on I-40/US 70) still has a semaphore at its original location next to the Rock Island depot, also at its...
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( I apologize for this, but..) I have always wondered, why some bridges appear to have two sets of tracks on them. on either end, some have them bow inward and...
You are right that it is to reduce the likelihood of a derailment, which on a bridge (and someother dangerous places) is especially a hazard. These are...
The 4 rails on a single track bridge are for this: The 2 outer Rails are "Running Rails" those are the ones that the Trains wheels actually run on, the two...
OH yes it did, thank you very much. ~me ... From: wilfred roberge To: abandonedrailroadsoftheus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:52 AM Subject:...
Would these not also be considered as rerailers, in case of derailment? Don Kirk ... anyone explain why this is ... Rails are "Running Rails" those are the...
The thing is aren't rerailers, they are not specifically rerail a car. While it is true that they might be able to rerail a car, it is more likely that they...
Re: Knox & Kane abandonment...Details and source, please, otherwise could be questionable...Is this a rumor; or is it based on a news article; or from one of...
The KnK former B&O Northern Sub has been technically abandoned and will more than likely be scrapped. It has been purchased by the Kovolchick Corp. in August....
Haven't been in the group too long but came across this thread. Here's a link to some maps of the old narrow gauge lines. Should help some tracing them. ...
... abandonedrailroadsoftheus@yahoogroup s.com, "Jason Sider" ... "The K&K former B&O Northern Sub has been technically abandoned and will more than likely be...
Let's set the record straight here...the railroad (Knox & Kane) HAS NOT (repeat three times) been abandoned. It is simply embargoed. NO abandonment filing has...
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