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Re: Tracks out of service

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I was talking about the two tracks in particular! I even said that the crossing is active. :Tongue2:
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
I was talking about the two tracks in particular! I even said that the crossing is active. :Tongue2:
Grade would have been a better word to use...
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Amazing that that old CoG signal has managed to survive! He used to have a friend on the other side with a split crossbuck:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4133461 ... 1664?hl=en
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freebrickproductions wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:He used to have a friend on the other side with a split crossbuck:
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
LARDLOGO wrote:He used to have a friend on the other side with a split crossbuck:
This is actually what I thought of when I typed that:
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Here is an abandoned railroad bridge and the former right of way of a railroad in the Osage Nation in Oklahoma.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9220627 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.917284, ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8712469 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8637651 ... !1e3?hl=en

I came across this line while browsing Google Maps and Streetview of the Osage Nation. I came across it when I saw the symbols (don't know what else to call them) for railroad tracks, I went to streetview and I was confused as to why I couldn't find any, so I went to Google Earth view and I could clearly see where there was once a rail line.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8664581 ... .26z?hl=en
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So I headed over to Abandoned Rails.com and I found this line which was part of a Railroad known as The Midland Valley Railroad. There is little to know information about this line on the site which makes me more interested! :WOOT:

I went over to Wikipedia's article about this railroad and it has a significant amount of information, it doesn't have many sources but I think it kind of has a decent amount.
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Here are some crossings on the B&O's Sandusky to Newark line. This line was filed for abandonment in 1975 and 1976 so it is crazy that these crossings are still there! :Blink: I'd love to see these in person and actually explore the line (obviously not on parts on NASA property).
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3600525 ... !1e3?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3785833 ... !1e3?hl=en

Dang! There's still stretches of track! This is (was) part of a spur system for NASA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3578055 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3576966 ... !1e3?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3575137 ... !1e3?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3545612 ... !1e3?hl=en

I'm amazed at how much of the former right of way is still visible!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3501576 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3413408 ... !1e3?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3598292 ... !1e3?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3702436 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3767667 ... !1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3842754 ... !1e3?hl=en

Here is a photograph of one of the crossings, not exactly sure where it is located.
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So what happens when you old train cars break free and try to go over a paved over crossing?
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4927798 ... 312!8i6656

See below.

Note: There was nobody aboard the cars and luckily no cars on the road when these came barreling through, so no injuries.
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