... Hi Chad. I'm using a general map showing all the current and recently abandoned lines, so, I've managed to find most of them. However, please send me what...
I was back in the Eureka area again on Thursday & Friday of last week, adn while looking for my motel, I found what appears to be the old Eureka Yard for the...
It looks to me that all the renovation work is being done on the south end of the line. I wish someone could buy up the whole line and put in a steam...
Forgot to mention, it physically hurt to see such proud equipment in such disrepair. Same feeling I get when I see track being torn up. I'll say it again, we...
I am preparing to take a weekend trip to Edenton, North Carolina over the next month to investigate several abandoned railroad lines that run through the town....
Hey Adam, I just discovered this post...sounds like a very exciting project. Although I have not extensively explored the links you originally posted, do you...
I stumbled across this map about a month ago and thought it worth posting. It highlights many of the major currently operating and abandoned railroad lines...
Following extensive flood damage in June of 2006, a portion of the Utica Branch of the New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad in central New York State has...
The dinner train made its last run about a week ago, and the owner has retired. It has been feared it would be the end of the excursion trains from McCloud,...
I briefly explored portions of the segment between Sherburne and Chenango Forks using Google Maps and Streetview (when available), and it does look like...
Hi Kevin, Edenton,NC itself was served by just one railroad, the original Norfolk Southern, a shortline/regional railroad that was taken over by the Southern...
The Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad operates the old NS from Norfolk, VA to Edenton, NC. Their engine ouse is in Elizabeth City, NC. They also operate a branch...
Currently, much of the usable portion of the branch is being used for car storage during the economic downturn. Since the flood severed the line as a through...
Verne- Thanks for the information. I should clarify that when I said "lines", it would have been more appropriate to say "line" with several customer-related...
Thanks for the great information! As I mentioned in my response to Verne, one of the (still running) electrical boxes along part of the abandoned mainline in...
... In my google searches, I did not run across anything suggesting that the C&A coming into Edenton has technically been abandoned, although the tracks do not...
... I think a lot of us are feeling this right now. How about if people only post with questions and comments of general interest that should go to the entire...
... I did some searching on Google, and have no more information to add. There is a lot of speculation that this branch will be abandoned, but at this time...
I for one am enjoying reading the information being provided, and this group has far less traffic than most of the groups belong to. If you think you are...
I second that; please keep the list traffic public.... and to westcoast92065@... , scroll to the bottom of any email from the group and click on the...
Indeed, abandoned railroading is such a trivial subject, what else is the group supposed to consist of. If you dont want to read about bits of abandoned track,...
I really enjoy reading about "bits of abandoned track", thus I continue to happily subscribe!...Cheers!...Keith Maloney, Syracuse, NY... Keith F. Maloney ... ...
Here's a general abandoned railway comment. When the tracks are pulled up, nature and man began to reclaim what's left until there is little or no trace...
Check this pic out: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=209062&nseq=0 From what I understand the train runs from Elizabeth City to Norfolk mid-morning and...
