The Milwaukee Road completed its Pacific extension in 1913. Evidently the Golden Spike was driven near Garrison, MT, and a monument was later installed there. ...
... Once again the old topo website saves the day. http://historical.maptech.com/quad.cfm? quadname=Wardensville&state=WV&series=15 The Wardensville topo is...
... fname=Wardensville23se.jpg&state=WV I'm looking at the rows of houses facing each other on Wardensville's main street. Those are clearly company houses....
Here's a link to two stations on the Big Stony Railroad, also near the VA/WV border. Paint Bank ( http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/paint_bank.htm ) Dean in Cincy ...
Whiteville, seat of Columbus County NC, was once a hub of railroad activity. It now includes Vineland in its southern portion, once a separate entity. The old...
Wananish, where I currently reside, is now an easterly portion of the town of Lake Waccamaw, just as Vineland is now a southerly part of Whiteville. Wananish...
... Taht's odd. I've driven through Paint Bank, but I never noticed the old station. I'm sure it's hard to miss too. Not only that, but I hadn't heard of the...
... The linked site says: "Big Stony Railway was organized about 1892 and by 1896 had completed its line of 101/2 miles from a connection with the N&W Railway...
This group is here so that fellow GP40, 40-2, 40-3, 40-2LW, and so on fans can talk about anything there is to know and find out about these awesome...
Does anyone know if the famous Kinzua Viaduct in Pennsylvania (ex-Erie RR) will be rebuilt. The center portion of the 301-foot-high viaduct was destroyed by a...
... The most informative site I know of is: http://www.smethporthistory.org/index.htm Scroll halfway down the page to find a bunch of links to the Viaduct, ...
"Does anyone know if the famous Kinzua Viaduct in Pennsylvania (ex- Erie RR) will be rebuilt? The center portion of the 301-foot-high viaduct was destroyed by...
... Wardensville's ... The big deal in Wardensville was Winchester Lumber Co. From Wardensville they ran a logging road down into Geo. Washington State Forest....
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh! The sheer joy of being able to submit a marvelously eclectic post, without fear of being immoderately moderated! The core content is pure...
Hi all, Just looking at a web site about atlantic county park. Dose the name bethlaham loading co. mean anyting to any one? (Doc) One of the lines that I saw...
Hey Robbie, Good to hear from you again! I did a Yahoo search and found an Atlantic County Parks website, which informs me that there are a dozen or more such...
Hi all, I think the park that I remember was the one that had the old glass works in it. The last time that I was there they were still reserching the history...
Hey Robbie, How's things in Wyoming? Getting cold? Any good RR action there? NJ had lots of glass factories, on account of lots of good sand. I don't know...
Wilkes-Barre Connecting RR "PRR interchange I remember reading in Mr. Shaughnessy's book that the D&H interchanged with the PRR down towards Wilkes-Barre. Was...
... <doctorwwr@y...> wrote: , and the "Gauntlet" bridge as it is referred to near W-B ... & ... Is that a corruption of 'General Hospital'?? Similar to how...
Corruption at General??? Gawrsh! They may have to "run the Gauntlet!" LOL, Doc "Is that a corruption of 'General Hospital'?? Similar to how some folks...
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Oct 13, 2003 4:03 pm
Nothing wrong with the list. Am recently unemployed and need to focus on a job search. What I am finding is that I am just deleting the postings. That is not...
Hi all, hope that all is well with everyone. Yes, it is starting to turn cold here in south wyo. It will only be a few more weeks and we`ll have snow on the...
An alternative is just to go to the group site and select the "no email" option; then, whenever you do feel like it, you can just read the messages onsite,...
Trains of Thought: Ghost Trains after Sunset Good morning, friends! Time for another marvelously eclectic post-- something for everyone, a veritable grand...
Hi All, Hope that all is well this day. Ya know there have been reports of a ghost work train down around the site of the gold spike in Ut.! For all the times...
Hi all! Speaking of ghost stories...Does anyone know a story set in southern Indiana involving a train wreck with passengers bound for NWSC Crane I think....
Hi All, It would be very interesting if someone were to put together a book about ghost stories that relate to the rails. There are a lot of them on line and...
