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Last Interurban Freight Lines

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Last Interurban Freight Lines
Posted by CMStPnP on Friday, August 14, 2020 3:04 PM

Wow, I didn't know any were still left......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_A1ZC4tvOo

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Friday, August 14, 2020 4:07 PM
 

CMStPnP

Wow, I didn't know any were still left......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_A1ZC4tvOo

 

 

The good ole' Iowa Traction. Seems they have enough spare parts on hand to keep those motors running into the foreseeable future.

 
Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
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Posted by wasd on Friday, August 14, 2020 4:41 PM

The London and Port Stanley Railway in southwestern Ontario still exists almost in its entirety, albiet in two pieces. The section between London and St. Thomas is owned and operated by CN who serves St. Thomas with a once per day local. The section between St. Thomas and Port Stanley was abandoned in the early 1980s but rebuilt and now hosts tourist trains from the Port Stanley Terminal Railway.

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Posted by saguaro on Friday, August 14, 2020 6:23 PM

Thanks for posting this link -- a well-done video. So fun to see freight on the East Troy Railroad. L-9 is still around, and who knows: it could see freight again someday. The interchange is still there and so are the volunteers.

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Posted by daveklepper on Monday, August 17, 2020 12:57 AM

The River Line diesel New Jersey Transit interurban between Trenton and Camden has Conrail (Shared Assets) freights with time separation from the daytime and evening NJT trains.

See the Jack May River Line thread on the Transit Forum.  Hope to post freight photos in the future.

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