Railway archaeology - an old trestle and flanger on an abandoned branch line.

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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These pictures were taken in 1997, but I understand the trestle and flanger still exist. Taken along the CNR’s former Nordegg branch line (Alberta Canada) that was abandoned in the 1950s. It served a coal mine - the end of track - not far from where these pictures were taken. The mine itself is now a historical site and you can tour it.

Notice how much the trestle has shifted. Yowzers!

The flanger is off it’s trucks and may have been used as some sort of yard office for crews serving the coal mine.

To read more about this place, click the link below. You can also view the pictures full size there - just click an image twice to do this.

http://www.bigdoer.com/3737/exploring-history/canadian-national-railways-nordegg-1997/

Chris “BIGDoer”

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Amazing what’s out in the woods. About two years ago a woman in Sussex County New Jersey found an abandoned narrow-gauge steam engine in the woods not far from her office. The leaves were down, the conditions were just right, she looked out the window and “What’s that out there that looks like a steam engine?”

The supposition is that it was used in one of the peat moss farms decades ago. It’s now in the hands of the Sussex County Historical Society for cosmetic restoration,

As Lou Palumbo says in “Classic Toy Trains” magazine, “Keep searchin”!"

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…Unique, very interesting subject, and good photos…

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Suggest one drive through New England and upstate NY and PA and the mountains south of there…so much railroad antiquity, some even as remote as shown here.