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...
Lou and all, I am also a big fan of this Elgin to Williams bay line. I can't believe someone would say its not scenic. From urban setting to running along the...
... in XXXXX Actually, a segment of the BVRR is still in use. The BV ran from a connection with the Hanover Branch [Hanover Jc.-Hanover, Pa.] at Valley Jc. to...
... I know; beyond belief, isn't it? And the guy who said that was right there snapping pictures! ... And I suppose they're all worried about safety. They can...
The Lenny Palmer Show (WLIP-AM 1050, Kenosha WI) will debate Light Rail Traction on Monday morning, May 17th from 9:05 to 11 am CDT. Lenny will take an 'anti'...
There are schools all over the country that are built along or across from a ROW and a fence fixes all. Sounds like someone just doesn't like trains. But I...
Funny you should mention the busy street, because the school is right on Route 31, which has hundreds of cars and Mack trucks speeding by every day. Kids know...
... For people who are in the business of education they are as shortsighted as can be ... blind to thousands of speeding cars and trucks every few seconds...
An Internet Movie Database (www.IMDb.com) page has been sent to you by: x779@.... Comment from the sender: The line was already abandoned and no trains...
Hi, I just found your group. Looks good. To toss in my 2-cents worth, I did a term paper in 1975 on the Gainesville Midland Railroad here in Georgia. A few...
Re: Chicago-Williams Bay Its interesting what people expect when they move in next to a railroad. We had one lady here fighting the railroad in her backyard....
This week's (dated May 24, 2004) edition of TIME has an article on "railfanning" on page 65. It seems a number of railroad enthusiasts have been taken for...
Hi All, I think that here in the US part of the problem is we are trying to coddel the idiots at the expence of the smart people. If we would just say "hey the...
Robbie wrote: "coddel" "contry." "somethings" "potental" and "Most of the people anymore that work as "teachers" are just there becouse they can`t get a job...
Does anyone here know anything about the abandoned RR that runs along SR 100 in FL? It is still active to a lumber yard just outside Lake City, FL but it is...
Unfortunatly, railroading is not the center of commerce that it was in the 1930's and 40's. My Mom grew up in Harrisburg, PA and automobiles were not too...
That's the old Georgia Southern & Florida RR, which was owned by the Southern and abandoned between Lake City and Palatka around 1990, after NS and CSX made an...
Does anyone have any info on the Diamond Valley Railroad in Central PA? The line has been abandon for 114 years now. Most interested in motive power rosters if...
The line was orginally laid in 1890.... lasted 100 years on the ground. I walked some of the track right before they pulled it up. Oh the stories those trees...
... PA? ... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Lance, there are several photos of DVRR in the multi- volume series on logging railroads of Pa. David Gring built the DV as a...
Bridgeton, NJ is currently served by the Winchester & Western. In the past, the lines were Central RR of New Jersey and Pennsylvania- Reading Seashore Lines. ...
I was recently contacted by a gentleman named David Sierakowski who is affiliated with Southern Oregon Museum, which is in the planning stage to redevelop a...
Did the old Georgia Southern & Florida RR cross the St. Johns river at Palatka and connect to the FEC? I seem to remember a tresle just North of US 17 many...
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