I was wonderin if anybody had any pics of abandoned right of wasy or ones no longer in use?
http://www.savecambie.org/avc.htm
There are a few pictures of the Arbutus Corridor at the above site, it hasn’t been in use for about 4 years now, but I don’t think it’s officially abandoned.
In it’s last decade of use, it only served a single business, the Molson Brewery at the foot of the Burrard Street bridge, receiving a few car-loads a week.
If you posted last night, i would have got tons of pics! I was in Joplin MO last night, and i came back this morning and went to beaumont and took pictures of that wter tower. Also, i live about 1 mile from old frisco tracks[:p]
Do you have any Daniel ?
What about the Missouri Kansas Texas line that went through Emporia up to Junction City ? Or the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line from Eldorado to McPherson that went through Florence ?
i can get some pics of the now abandoned strong city district from neva crossing to lost springs
Try this…
I am very saddend just how much the Railroads have Abanded alot of Rails in this country. Do you all know just how weard if feels being in a town that has no Railroad?
Allan.
…Abandoned ROW’s…including the South Penn and the original alignment of the tunnels of the Pennsy Turnpike…All very interesting stuff…I rode through the Laurel Hill Tunnel one week after the October 1st, 1940 opening…Still remember the experience well…First I ever saw orange sodium area lights at the tunnel entrances…as well as at the interchanges.
Here’s some pictures of the abandoned South Penn ROW that Modelcar mentioned.
http://bbrant.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=4854
Here’s some photos of abandoned freight ROW’s in Bristol (in the UK) - the city used to have a series of massive yards alongside the docks, now only a tiny portion remains. Luckily this has fallen into the hands of a preservation group who regularly run small steam locos for visitors - it’s an interesting experience as the train takes you through areas that you wouldn’t normally see, especially on the longer of the two trips they offer.
http://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/dockside.php
Worth a little exploration - it’s set up so if you follow the links at the left and right of the page it will follow the ROW along its route. Hope this is of interest!
Some excellent shots of abandoned right-of-ways are at
http://indiana.railfan.net/ghosts.html
I know of an ROW abandoned in the 1860’s - it takes real detective work to find it, but I understand you can occasionally find an old fence post made from a tie. A picture of any plowed field would suffice, although you can pick parts of it out in aerial photos…
TerraServer is an excellent method of finding and following abandoned ROW’s…
…Go to “RailwayStation.com” and find the area of “Pennsylvania” and go down to “Friedens, Pa.”…and bring up the TerraServer aerial photo of ex. B&O and look to see multiple large horseshoe curves on the ex. coal hauling branch. My name {Quentin Mong}, is with the discription to ID the right location…{Good Morning Brian}…
nanaimo73…Excellent site…! The best I’ve seen on here…
Here in southwest Mo. we have many abandon grades.There are at least 3 companies that operated in this area [Kansas,Missouri,Oklahoma lead and coal mining region ] that are now gone. Many miles of abandon grades -standard gauge,narrow gauge and grades that were built but never got track laid on them.Do have some photos.
Was working Friday in Wattenberg, CO on the station grounds of the little known Denver, Laramie & Northwestern 1909-1921 taken over (partially) by Great Western Ry. until 1954 when they gave up on it (Greeley-Wattenberg)…The thing had 5 massive interlocking towers out in the middle of nowhere!
Not intended to gain credit, but just contributing here. This is the Kinsol Trestle, located right here on Vancouver Island. It was in use until the mid-40s. As you can see, it was a real beaut, and the tallest in N. America. It is hoped to incorporate it into the Trans-Canada trail, at this setting where it runs along abandoned rights of way.
Try any of the “rails to trails” types of websites. I believe that Wisconsin leads the nation in this effort. While I hate to see a railroad go under or a right-of-way abandoned, I’m an avid bicyclist who enjoys “riding the rails” of these ghosts where the railroad once was. By turning these railroads into trails, their legacy is preserved and there are still many abandoned relics of the past along the right-of-way.
Good stuff…
P.S. (edit) Just found a great website that lists them by state… Get out and explore!