Abandonded Railroad lines do you ahve nay near where you live?

[Junctionfan]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[alcodave]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Please for give me for omitting the ATSF in the abandon lines of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas.

[Anonymous]

Please for give me for omitting the ATSF in the abandon lines of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas.

[Anonymous]

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.

[BNSF_GP60M]

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.

[GN-Rick]

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.[:)]

[andrewjonathon]

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.

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