Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Ethan the Railfanner » Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:52 pm

Hardin, KY:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7616327 ... 312!8i6656

The lone signal also has a relay case on the bottom signal and a US&S Teardrop!!! Though the rails have long since been removed.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:27 pm

Ethan the Railfanner wrote:
Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:52 pm
Hardin, KY:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7616327 ... 312!8i6656

The lone signal also has a relay case on the bottom signal and a US&S Teardrop!!! Though the rails have long since been removed.
Hardin Southern Railroad, according to some information it was last used in 2005 by a single passenger train, apparently someone leased the line to the KWT Railway to serve an industrial park in Murray, don't think it ever materialised so the line sat dormant until the tracks were removed in August 2009.

As for the website, it sat dormant for pretty much many years after winding down operations at the end of 2004, the site went offline towards the end of 2017.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170922181 ... /hsrr.com/

You can see the HSRR name on the crossbuck crossing to the west.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7602731 ... 328!8i1664

This passive crossing to the east of your link still retains the crossbucks, though keep in mind this image is 5 years old, so it may all be gone now.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7644829 ... 312!8i6656

Looks like the road was resurfaced over and the tracks towards the crossing were removed prior to when Street View crossed. The line presumably ends here, though i technically got lost looking through the vast vegetation.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7674632 ... 328!8i1664

Nothing here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7499037 ... 312!8i6656

Street view came through too late. Not sure if this crossing was signalized or not as it looks like the equipment was already removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7424506 ... 328!8i1664

Unprotected crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6955395 ... 312!8i6656

Another passive crossing with HSRR branding visible, probably most likely now gone.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.692571, ... 328!8i1664

Not sure if there even was a crossing here, but the surface is way different. From there, the line just seemingly ends.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6539409 ... a=!3m1!1e3
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Re: Tracks out of service

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Ethan the Railfanner » Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:51 pm

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:23 pm

Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:53 am

A fair few abandoned crossings in Kokomo, IN:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:09 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:53 am
A fair few abandoned crossings in Kokomo, IN:
Haven't we talked about the crossings in Kokomo before, though?
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:33 pm

ZachL wrote:
Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:09 pm
freebrickproductions wrote:
Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:53 am
A fair few abandoned crossings in Kokomo, IN:
Haven't we talked about the crossings in Kokomo before, though?
I think some different ones.
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by Brian556 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:05 pm

Now here's something odd. The last crossing on a little-used line has mast signals, but poles for huge cantilevers. There is one customer between this crossing and the end of the line at the GSP, but their spur doesn't look active. Maybe they are or were planning to widen the road. Rails do look like that might get light use, judging by condition of top of rail.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3999901 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by brett nc railfanner » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:07 pm

An abandoned spur in Greenville, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6452058 ... 312!8i6656

Another abandoned spur in Greenville, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6525323 ... 312!8i6656

A cutoff crossing in Edenton, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0598471 ... 312!8i6656

Proof that it was cutoff:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.059806, ... 312!8i6656

Going down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0588267 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0570127 ... 312!8i6656

The only remnants of the line past that are paved over grades.
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