According to my SPV Rail Atlas, there were both Virginian and C&O lines coming down from the north to Winding Gulf WV, both now abandoned. It shows NS (VGN)...
Gentlemen, I know this trackage well, having explored it inch by inch with my mt. bike in recent years. The former ERR Wyoming Div. trackage runs from Duryea...
Hey Doc! Thanks I appreciate the reply. Sorry if this is a repeat post. The willabet to Whitby line is way gone. Willabet disappeared by ~1943. One of the last...
Hey Doc! Thanks I appreciate the reply. The willabet to Whitby line is way gone. Willabet disappeared by ~1943. One of the last residents passed away this last...
South Shore railroad car retired, restored to teach history of region. BY CHRIS BAROS Times Correspondent After 75 years of serving Indiana, South Shore Line...
There's a new book out on the CNYEALRR: "Faster than the Limiteds" by William Shapotkin. http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirLineRR Regards.... Lou ...
... <jl.hawkins@c...> wrote: Good Evening, One of my projects this winter has been to compose some contributions to the website www.abandonedrails.com. They...
Hi Jim I just joined your yahoo group on abandoned railroads, and thought I,d pass this on for your inclusion to the Kansas section.... I had inquired to the...
Interesting to note that this car originally ran the interurban line between Lafayette and Fort Wayne, Indiana before being sold to the South Shore. Remnants...
Part of Robert W. Anderson's Unofficial History of the Long Island Railroad: http://www.lirrhistory.com/abandon.html I tried to add the whole website as a...
Hi all, I have added a section to my website about my last weekend's adventure photographing the Lookout - Hambone segment which was owned by BNSF and has...
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone would happen to know of abandoned rail lines in Illinois. I know we have many rail-to-trails, but I'm more so looking for ...
The best book on ancient NJ RR history I have (unfortunately some 700 miles north of me right now, where I hope to get to soon), is "Railroads in NJ: The...
Here is a list of railroads in Illinois up to 1915: This list is taken from: BIOGRAPHICAL AND MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS BY...
Hi, Thanks for the list, but I was hoping someone could point me towards an actual former rail line. I have never seen that list before, I'm sure many of those...
That sounds great Sharon, let us know when and how! There is a lot of abandoned ROW's throughout Illinois, they are just very spotty at best. A list of former...
Chuck: How far from Paris, Ill are ya?? They NYC Main from Indy to St. Louis is abandoned just west of there, teh PRR branch from West Terre Haute to I think...
There is an abandoned right of way in northern Illinois, in Mc Henry County. It is what was the extension of the Chicago and North Western branch line from ...
Tonight I dropped my bicycle off at Rainbow Jersey in Shorewood -- I broke a pedal off yesterday. The last time I was up there, I noticed brush cutting and...
... on both sides of the adjacent highway > > bridge over Route 31. The ROW is graded gravel, good for hiking or > > > > mountain biking. I highly recommend...
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/aerial_photos/searches/view.asp?Phot oID=2901&View_Type=large This link will take you to 1939 aerial photos of Illinois...
Hello, A while back I tried to locate remnants of the Bachman Valley RR in northern Maryland. According to SPV it ran from Ebbvale through Melrose to...
Pacific Harbor Lines operates the former Harbor Belt Line and other tracks in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port area. One line they operate is a remnant of a...
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