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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:32 pm

Posted that one before. But since that old branch was brought back up, here's a few other things that are/were along the line further to the north:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1212257 ... 328!8i1664

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1228282 ... 312!8i6656
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri Apr 21, 2017 1:00 am

ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Wow, that crossing is barely abandon! Right on the edge! Literally! :Blink: Image Probably one of the reasons that crossing still has new signage despite being out of service is just incase the cars ever get too close to the crossing.
Those cars look abandoned, though. I know a lot of railroads do that to discourage any further usage of lines that do indeed go out of service.
Those cars look like they're in storage.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:11 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Wow, that crossing is barely abandon! Right on the edge! Literally! :Blink: Image Probably one of the reasons that crossing still has new signage despite being out of service is just incase the cars ever get too close to the crossing.
Those cars look abandoned, though. I know a lot of railroads do that to discourage any further usage of lines that do indeed go out of service.
Those cars look like they're in storage.
A lot of railroads use abandoned lines for storage, too.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:21 am

ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Wow, that crossing is barely abandon! Right on the edge! Literally! :Blink: Image Probably one of the reasons that crossing still has new signage despite being out of service is just incase the cars ever get too close to the crossing.
Those cars look abandoned, though. I know a lot of railroads do that to discourage any further usage of lines that do indeed go out of service.
Those cars look like they're in storage.
A lot of railroads use abandoned lines for storage, too.
I wouldn't consider those lines to be abandoned.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:26 am

ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Wow, that crossing is barely abandon! Right on the edge! Literally! :Blink: Image Probably one of the reasons that crossing still has new signage despite being out of service is just incase the cars ever get too close to the crossing.
Those cars look abandoned, though. I know a lot of railroads do that to discourage any further usage of lines that do indeed go out of service.
Those cars look like they're in storage.
A lot of railroads use abandoned lines for storage, too.
I wouldn't consider those lines to be abandoned.
Why not? They see no traffic at all except for the occasional storage, if that. Beside, if you look at the Satellite view, the cars are still there between 3D on and 3D off, in addition to being there on Street View.

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4474884 ... a=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4474884 ... a=!3m1!1e3

I think it's clear at this point that the line is abandoned.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:29 am

ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
Wow, that crossing is barely abandon! Right on the edge! Literally! :Blink: Image Probably one of the reasons that crossing still has new signage despite being out of service is just incase the cars ever get too close to the crossing.
Those cars look abandoned, though. I know a lot of railroads do that to discourage any further usage of lines that do indeed go out of service.
Those cars look like they're in storage.
A lot of railroads use abandoned lines for storage, too.
I wouldn't consider those lines to be abandoned.
Why not? They see no traffic at all except for the occasional storage, if that. Beside, if you look at the Satellite view, the cars are still there between 3D on and 3D off, in addition to being there on Street View.

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4474884 ... a=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4474884 ... a=!3m1!1e3

I think it's clear at this point that the line is abandoned.
But storage lines still see some use albeit barely any but that occasional use isn't nothing! :LOL3: Its not like spurs that see one train a week are abandon for six days! :Tongue2:
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:29 am

Those cars look to be abandoned, though. That's my point.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by busman_49 » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:32 am

Mothballed? Unused (though *technically*, it's still being used)? Silenced?
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ToledoRailfan » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:32 am

ZachL wrote:Those cars look to be abandoned, though. That's my point.
If the cars themselves are abandoned that yea, I'd agree with ya on that.
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Re: Tracks out of service

Post by ZachL » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:35 am

It would really help though if we had more StreetView imagery than that, though. Or if someone has Google Earth, just go back in time!
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