Welcome to all the new members! I hope to start putting photos up here and spending more time on my home page. Feel free to post photos and information of your...
I am looking for information regarding branched lines used to transport farm products. Lines that are currently active in IL and may be abondened. <br>I am...
I would suggest looking at the SPV atlas for IL (link is on my home page) for the rail lines, existing and abandoned, in that state. As for use in transporting...
I've been exploring and looking up info on the rail line which once ran through Wagener and Sievern, SC, in eastern Aiken Co. It was abandoned some 70 years...
Just posted one of my pix from an "expedition" last yr. This is very classic grade-level roadbed, bed between two berms, very obvious, looks like others I've ...
I got a copy of Microsoft's Train Simulator when it came out. Only played with it a bit, but it has tools for creating new simulations of track and rolling ...
Great pic and very interesting information on this line. Does it look like the former ROW way was used for farm roads or something else and this is the reason...
"Does it look like the former ROW way was used for farm roads or something else and this is the reason they are in such good shape after 70 years?"<br><br>No,...
Having "processed" some of my collection, I've posted some new S&K pix, incl some passed to me by correspondents.<br><br>I also started a new album for pix...
I just got MSTS for Christmas... I am very interested in seeing how difficult/easy it is to recreate abandoned lines. Have you created any simulated lines...
I don't know of any particular site where this information is located. I guess this site would be as good as any for this type of information to be posted and ...
Thanks for the input! I have been doing a little bit of research - apparently the Dept. of Transportation has some information according to the research ...
From Dec. 8, 2001 thru July 28, 2002 there will be an exhibition at the art institute of Chicago of: Moden Trains and Splendid Stations: Architecture and ...
Now that the leaves are fallen, I went back to the Lexington County sections of the line to get pix of the ROW and old bridge timbers that were hidden by...
".. I am very interested in seeing how difficult/easy it is to recreate abandoned lines. Have you created any simulated lines yet? "<br><br>So far, no. For ...
Hi all, I've talked to Jimmy Summers about this once before and he didn't have much information at the time. But, I'm hoping someone else might.<br><br>I'm ...
This is a probably a long shot, but does anyone happen to have a map of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, & Sabine Railroad? The line ran from Trinity, Texas ...
We are putting together a trip to Chicago on the weekend of April 20th & 21st to go to the Art Institute of Chicago to see the train depot exhibit. We plan on...
does anyone happen to have a map of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, & Sabine Railroad? <br><br>Not a map, but a search at Google for "Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, &...
is back up. The URL is:<br><a href=http://abandonedrailroads.homestead.com target=new>http://abandonedrailroads.homestead.com</a><br><br>Jimmy Summers...
Jason, I lived at MCAS as a kid in the early 60's and know the bridge well (fished around it many times). Unfortunately, don't think I got any pictures of it....
Try the Real Estate Dept of CSX and NS. I talked to CSX (Jacksonville, Fla) about 8 years ago and they provided me an 8 page list of stations for sale at the...
Looking for anything related to the NCR from Baltimore - Harrisburg - Elmira, NY - Sodus Pt, NY (Lake Ontario). Have the book about NCR but looking for more ...