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Anonymous
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April 2003
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abandoned conrail line
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Anonymous
on Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:52 PM
When did the CR line that ran between Charleston, Il and Mattoon, Il. cease operations. I see this obvious abandoned grade every time i cross over on the I-57. It must have been sometime during the 80's, but I can find no verification of such.
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mudchicken
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December 2001
From: Denver / La Junta
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Posted by
mudchicken
on Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:11 PM
Removed March 1982 ///Per librarian at the STB in Washington. Shelbyville Industrial Rail spur is the only surviving remnant of this former Big 4 (CCC&StL/NYC) line....
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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