Well ihave the abndonded Strong city district from neva crossing to lost springs in my county good ole chase county here in kansas, i would have pictures but the water is all over the road its flooding here, and it sucks.
…Sure, a Cinn. to Chicago CSX line abandoned in '94 and now a beautiful walking and biking trail…and paved. Also many interurban lines that ran in many directions out of the city many years ago…Plus a Pennsylvania branch that required trackage rights to get to it from Anderson, In…
At work, the old Milwaukee Road line forms one property line, and the old Rock Island line comes right through the parking lot. Illinois Central passenger depot is across the street, and CNW abandonded lines are within a few miles too.
Is there anywhere in the country that doesn’t have abandoned railroads all over the place?
…When younger I used to like to explore abandoned ROW’s…Still like to ID them when traveling and see them…Did a lot of looking and sorting out the 100 plus years old South Penn RR ROW in Pennsylvania and in 1940 the original Penna. Turnpike followed that route…{approx}, from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh area…One can still find fills and cuts along side of the Turnpike if you know where to look…Especially in Somerset Co…And of course others.
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Plenty…The more obscure the better. When you have to retrace old R/W’s as part of your job, it never gets dull.
Salina Nothern RR
Kansas Midland
Kansas Central/ UP Central Branch ng
St. Louis, Ft. Scott & Wichita RR
Denver, Memphis & Atlantic RR (Almost NG)
Know these? You ought to - They’re close to you! (What about Bazaar to Cottonwood to Strong City?)
ATSF Middle Division - RIP
Absolutely. I live very near to the old Everett & Monte Cristo Railway.
The right-of-way is just across the river I live on. It was a short line
built in the 1890s to service the mines at Monte Cristo, Wa., and trans-
port the concentrated ore to a smelter in Everett. It went through many
incarnations-E&MC, then Monte Cristo Railway, then was sold to
the Northern Pacific in 1899 as the Monte Cristo branch and then
spun off to another private owner and operated as the Hartford
Eastern using gas cars and doodlebugs. It finally was abandoned
in 1933. Today, some of it is a trail in a very scenic river canyon.
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Originally posted by GN-Rick
Absolutely. I live very near to the old Everett & Monte Cristo Railway.
The right-of-way is just across the river I live on. It was a short line
built in the 1890s to service the mines at Monte Cristo, Wa., and trans-
port the concentrated ore to a smelter in Everett. It went through many
incarnations-E&MC, then Monte Cristo Railway, then was sold to
the Northern Pacific in 1899 as the Monte Cristo branch and then
spun off to another private owner and operated as the Hartford
Eastern using gas cars and doodlebugs. It finally was abandoned
in 1933. Today, some of it is a trail in a very scenic river canyon.
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I know the line you are talking about. I hike down in Robe canyon once in awhile. It is a great little hike. You can easily imagine the steam locomotives coming through the tunnels. I live in Lake Stevens so it is not too far away.
Well, andrewjonathan, I live uphere in Robe, so I have really close
proximity to this line. I also happen to own an original Hartford
Eastern Public Timetable and have a brake shoe I found up in
the area. Age of this is obvious-being from an outside-brake beam
truck. It’s interesting-thought I’d just mention it.[:)]
Here in Kings County, Ca there is was a branch for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad that went from Lemoore to Stratford that was torn up in the mid 90’s. where this line crossed a highway, you can still see the RXR on the pavement. In Tulare County, Ca there is all the old grades for the Visalia Electric (SP subsidiary) with some crossing signals still standing and a few bridges. Also there is the old Santa Fe line that were part of the valley district. Many of the grades are still there and even part of it is a walking trail.
There are many in the Southwest Missouri/Southeast Kansas area. Northeast Oklahoma,Joplin & Pittsburg,Southwest Missouri Electric,Missouri Pacific, St. Louis - San Fransico,Miami Mineral Belt,Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf, Kansas City Southern,Missouri and North Arkansas,many mining company owned narrow gauge lines and some grades that where built but never got rail.
Please for give me for omitting the ATSF in the abandon lines of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas.
Please for give me for omitting the ATSF in the abandon lines of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas.
There are many in the Southwest Missouri/Southeast Kansas area. Northeast Oklahoma,Joplin & Pittsburg,Southwest Missouri Electric,Missouri Pacific, St. Louis - San Fransico,Miami Mineral Belt,Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf, Kansas City Southern,Missouri and North Arkansas,many mining company owned narrow gauge lines and some grades that where built but never got rail.
At one end of my street is the abandoned Erie/Erie Lacawanna dayton branch and at the other is the old Erie marion yard.Also there is an abandoned interurban line in my town.
I lived in Susanville, California for a number of years where I developed an interest in logging railroads. These logging railroads had long since been abandon, but I tracked them down. Here is a map of logging railroad grades that I put together from one of the operations in the area, it was the Fruit Growers Supply Company, buying arm for the California Fruit Growers Exchange, now called Sunkist, the Orange People.
http://home.att.net/~lassen.logger/FGS_Map.htm
Jim - Lawton, NV MP236
In my area we had 3 very busy lines that now have gone. The Canada Southern line which was owned by the NYC, the Cayuga Subdivision which was CN, and the Dunnville Sudivision which was T,H&B.
At one point in time, CN, CP, TH&B, Wabash/NW and NYC used to go through the area.
I use two abandoned rights-of-way to bike to work–both are within two miles of where I live: the former Chicago, Aurora & Elgin and the former Chicago Great Western. Both are pretty well preserved as rail trails.
I live close to Ottumwa, Iowa and they have several abandoned spur tracks. An abandoned railroad bridge still crosses the Des Moines River and the tracks still come down from the bridge. The spur follows the BNSF mainline for a ways and then goes behind the water plant. All the spur tracks are still there but havn’t been used for several years.
The South Pass branch here is still used, but not as it was origonally bilt for, It is just used through town now, it services lots of industry, and also a local Progress Rail Services, railcar shop. It used to run all the way up to Atlantic city to service a couple of the mines up there, but the tracks now end at an abandoned coal mine that was shut down about 15 years ago.