Tracks out of service
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- NathanFromEngland
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Re: Tracks out of service
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8381897 ... 328!8i1664
Not too far away is probably a late SOU installation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8380209 ... 312!8i6656
...Then a few months later the crossing was removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8380234 ... 312!8i6656
Faint remaint of grade hidden behind asphalt, overgrown grass was where tracks used to be.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8383469 ... 312!8i6656
Early 2000's NS installation
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8385855 ... 312!8i6656
Another SOU installation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8385252 ... 312!8i6656
Abandoned spur crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8365543 ... 312!8i6656
Some track and an old switch that is visible.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8388611 ... 312!8i6656
More SOU installations.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.839211, ... 312!8i6656
...and i've ended back on myself.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8395924 ... 312!8i6656
EDIT: I am aware quite a few of these have been posted before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8381897 ... 328!8i1664
Not too far away is probably a late SOU installation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8380209 ... 312!8i6656
...Then a few months later the crossing was removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8380234 ... 312!8i6656
Faint remaint of grade hidden behind asphalt, overgrown grass was where tracks used to be.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8383469 ... 312!8i6656
Early 2000's NS installation
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8385855 ... 312!8i6656
Another SOU installation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8385252 ... 312!8i6656
Abandoned spur crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8365543 ... 312!8i6656
Some track and an old switch that is visible.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8388611 ... 312!8i6656
More SOU installations.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.839211, ... 312!8i6656
...and i've ended back on myself.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8395924 ... 312!8i6656
EDIT: I am aware quite a few of these have been posted before.
Re: Tracks out of service
I'd be a millionaire from the amount of times that line has been posted in this thread.
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Re: Tracks out of service
Not much left of the old MEC Cobbosseecontee Branch
Bridge Street, Gardiner Maine
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2311295 ... 312!8i6656
If you turn the time back to 2007 you can see the old street running on summer street!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2311707 ... 328!8i1664
Sadly now removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2312269 ... 312!8i6656
Old trestle still stands.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.228248, ... a=!3m1!1e3
Bridge Street, Gardiner Maine
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2311295 ... 312!8i6656
If you turn the time back to 2007 you can see the old street running on summer street!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2311707 ... 328!8i1664
Sadly now removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2312269 ... 312!8i6656
Old trestle still stands.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.228248, ... a=!3m1!1e3
- freebrickproductions
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Re: Tracks out of service
The other mast still remains at that crossing as well!Steven429 wrote:Not much left of the old MEC Cobbosseecontee Branch
Bridge Street, Gardiner Maine
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2311295 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2313675 ... 312!8i6656
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- Ethan the Railfanner
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Re: Tracks out of service
Might not be related, But this is quite unusual, my guess is that this is the remains of an old railroad bridge.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.373249, ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.373249, ... 328!8i1664
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Re: Tracks out of service
You're definitely right. The tree lines here definitely show signs of former ROW:Ethan the Railfanner wrote:Might not be related, But this is quite unusual, my guess is that this is the remains of an old railroad bridge.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.373249, ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3631923 ... a=!3m1!1e3
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Re: Tracks out of service
Polk Avenue, Nashville, TN:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1386858 ... 312!8i6656
Appears to have been a connector track or branch line between what's now two CSX mainlines, most likely would've been used to serve customers along the former line. Looks to have been torn out ages ago though, as this is the only remnant I've found of it.
At Foster Street, the next street over, is what appears to be an abandoned spur:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1397592 ... 312!8i6656
There's also a couple of abandoned rail bridges over I-24/40 near where it appears to have intersected the eastern main it connected to at, but it doesn't appear that either one was once part of this line, meaning that this track (or at least this end of it) was torn out by the time this section of Interstate had been built:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.14156,- ... a=!3m1!1e3
It's also entirely possible that it never connected to the eastern main at all, terminating between Foster Street and US 70S/US 41.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1386858 ... 312!8i6656
Appears to have been a connector track or branch line between what's now two CSX mainlines, most likely would've been used to serve customers along the former line. Looks to have been torn out ages ago though, as this is the only remnant I've found of it.
At Foster Street, the next street over, is what appears to be an abandoned spur:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1397592 ... 312!8i6656
There's also a couple of abandoned rail bridges over I-24/40 near where it appears to have intersected the eastern main it connected to at, but it doesn't appear that either one was once part of this line, meaning that this track (or at least this end of it) was torn out by the time this section of Interstate had been built:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.14156,- ... a=!3m1!1e3
It's also entirely possible that it never connected to the eastern main at all, terminating between Foster Street and US 70S/US 41.
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Re: Tracks out of service
What appears to be the remains of trestle pillars. What's odd is that the trail the pillars stand next to is the former right-of-way.
https://goo.gl/maps/nZXz34MGuT52
https://goo.gl/maps/ireENHK5zkp
https://goo.gl/maps/PBT2wzZKxFK2
Unrelated, but this stands nearby.
https://goo.gl/maps/i8cGTHu5Cqj
https://goo.gl/maps/nZXz34MGuT52
https://goo.gl/maps/ireENHK5zkp
https://goo.gl/maps/PBT2wzZKxFK2
Unrelated, but this stands nearby.
https://goo.gl/maps/i8cGTHu5Cqj
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Re: Tracks out of service
Birmingham, AL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5028291 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5028291 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service
Here's an old CofG line in Georgia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2989239 ... 6656?hl=en
Take note of the old SOU whistle post still standing on the right.
A later SOU install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2910675 ... 6656?hl=en
Nothing left at this crossing, aside from the tracks:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2903773 ... 6656?hl=en
Barely anything left here, aside from the little bit of rail visible on the right:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2890595 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2876225 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2805169 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2765561 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2765561 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2658402 ... 6656?hl=en
A crossbuck is still here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2671016 ... 6656?hl=en
Here's the eastern end of the line in Griffin, GA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2655176 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2653381 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2989239 ... 6656?hl=en
Take note of the old SOU whistle post still standing on the right.
A later SOU install:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2910675 ... 6656?hl=en
Nothing left at this crossing, aside from the tracks:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2903773 ... 6656?hl=en
Barely anything left here, aside from the little bit of rail visible on the right:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2890595 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2876225 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2805169 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2765561 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2765561 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2658402 ... 6656?hl=en
A crossbuck is still here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2671016 ... 6656?hl=en
Here's the eastern end of the line in Griffin, GA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2655176 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2653381 ... 6656?hl=en
They/Them for me, please.
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