Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway. Dallas and Kaufman Counties. The Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway was constructed in the mid-1920s by the East Texas Road and...
Dear Group, Exciting news! I was heading home last night through the big city of Hico, TX. A great friend of mine, told me, he drove on a county road that had...
Myth Busted Have you ever wondered what Casey Jones's whistle sounded like? Well I think I have found a way for all to hear his famous whistle. We have all...
While on one of my road trips up in to Oklahoma I ran across something wonderful that is happening just a few miles north of the Red River. The people of...
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway System map Map of the...
Dear Group, Sorry hadn't posted in a while, but on a road trip I took, last night, I found something cool. An abandoned railroad bridge over the Colorado River...
Hello Everyone... I've got a question for all you railroad experts out there. I live off of W. Market St in Greensboro, NC. There is a single Norfolk Southern...
This circa 1914 map from the Los Angeles Public Library collection displays railroad routes with major branches in Southern California. Note the branch from...
I stumbled on an old spur being bulldozed here in Louisiana. I'm trying to guess how old it was. I found some letters on the rails,"Soronto" and "Steel Co LTD"...
The "Stanton Curve" is real and is actually in Bellaire, Ohio. You'll notice that there's abandoned and overgrown trackage to the bottom of the screen from the...
Group, I've just uploaded a photo to a new album "Letters on the rails" as an example of manufacture and date markings that I found earlier this year. Location...
OK listers, put your thinking caps on and lets's go back to the early 1980's for a short lived tourist railroad in the Bristol, Tn. area. It was the home of...
Should Wisconsin scrap its high-speed rail project after electing an openly-antirail Republican governor? http://www.wisn.com/news/25636317/detail.html...
I posted a few photos of my Grooms Cake and I know it is off subject and if it is not appropriate I will remove it. I just wanted to share with you guys that...
Hi all, Reading thru old Railpace magazines - the June 1986 issue says at that time that Conrail closed its Shomo yard in Hagerstown. The SPV atlas identifies...
Hey guys. A question came up on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Network forum that I'm somewhat curious about too. A member asked about small silver colored...
http://www.mainenewssimply.com/content/mainebiz/railroad-work-wins-105m-grant Things are not too good up in northern Maine, but, at least its not being totally...
Tales From The Rails is a 330 plus, 8 1/2 by 11 in size book, with a load of fallen flags and abandoned line tales within. Book and inexpensive e book. New and...
Group, I was recently interviewed for an article in the Wall Street Journal about investing in abandoned railroad rights-of-way as a departure from traditional...
Hello, When I was a kid growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I loved to watch the police shows, especially the ones based out of Los Angeles. Does anybody...
I have in my possession a 1979 NC DOT Rail Plan summary outlining 15 light-density lines in operation at the time that were under the threat of abandonment for...
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...
Selling a number of commercial and noncomercial (my own camcorder) railroad vhs tapes, oil books, more...drop a personal email with the caption of Railroad...
Eric, I think it might be best to nuke your contacts list, I had my account hacked and had to do the same thing. ________________________________ From:...
I was driving through the northwest industrial area of Portland Oregon yesterday and I started wondering how many miles of abandoned rails there must be there,...
