Tracks out of service

[ToledoRailfan]

Abandoned railroad bridge over the Clearfield Creek in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0178428 ... 6656?hl=en

[brett nc railfanner]

Shelby, North Carolina
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2856829 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2295221 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.238873, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2046344 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1979501 ... 312!8i6656

[brett nc railfanner]

Yakima, Washington
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6123949 ... 312!8i6656

[cabman701]

Shelby, North Carolina
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2856829 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2295221 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.238873, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2046344 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1979501 ... 312!8i6656

Nice find! All of those are in great condition, considering they have been out of service for several years now it appears. The only exception is the last crossing. There was a mast signal in 2012 which is no longer there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1979395 ... 312!8i6656

Also... on a separate note, the 4 way flasher on the first link sure looks a bit odd with the extensions it has.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2857837 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Shelby, North Carolina
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2856829 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2295221 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.238873, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2046344 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1979501 ... 312!8i6656

Nice find! All of those are in great condition, considering they have been out of service for several years now it appears. The only exception is the last crossing. There was a mast signal in 2012 which is no longer there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1979395 ... 312!8i6656

The base is still there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1976592 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Found this on YouTube today. It was back in April of this year and shows a lot of signals along a CSX line that got shut-down back in 2015, though a few still try to operate towards the end of the video:


From the description:

In July 2015, CSX shut down its former B&O St. Louis to Cincinnati main line between St. Louis, MO, and Flora, IL. In April 2017, under the company's new CEO Hunter Harrison, they originally planned to store several thousand rail cars on the line as it is still intact. However, Illinois towns along the route complained to the Illinois Commerce Commission that state-funded grade crossing signals that were decommissioned and not functioning properly posed a hazard to the general public. As such, the ICC requested CSX reactivate the signals for future storage car trains which would involve re-installing gates where equipped, re-charging or replacing backup batteries, replacing electronics that were cannibalized over time, etc. Likely because of the great expense involved in reactivating the signals, this ended up being the one-and-only storage train that was operated, so despite the crummy weather, I'm very glad I headed out there that day to see this. I took footage of this historic move between Aviston, IL, and Carlyle, IL. The future is very uncertain for this once-busy main line, and the company is being very quiet about any future plans. Meanwhile, these railcars are rusting to the rails between Shattuc, IL, and Aviston while they await their fate.

Though according to a comment from 5 months ago, the line is back out of service again:

* UPDATE * Today, a CSX track crew tore out a 10' section of rail in Caseyville, IL, effectively taking this line back out of service despite that these storage cars remain between Aviston and Shattuc, IL. This small section was originally cut back in 2015 when CSX ceased operating through traffic on the main line, but then was put back into place to handle what turned out to be the subject train of this video, and was again displaced today. As mentioned in the description, the future of this once-famous main line is in doubt.

[Erik-Gorb-Hamilton]

Found this on YouTube today. It was back in April of this year and shows a lot of signals along a CSX line that got shut-down back in 2015, though a few still try to operate towards the end of the video:


From the description:

In July 2015, CSX shut down its former B&O St. Louis to Cincinnati main line between St. Louis, MO, and Flora, IL. In April 2017, under the company's new CEO Hunter Harrison, they originally planned to store several thousand rail cars on the line as it is still intact. However, Illinois towns along the route complained to the Illinois Commerce Commission that state-funded grade crossing signals that were decommissioned and not functioning properly posed a hazard to the general public. As such, the ICC requested CSX reactivate the signals for future storage car trains which would involve re-installing gates where equipped, re-charging or replacing backup batteries, replacing electronics that were cannibalized over time, etc. Likely because of the great expense involved in reactivating the signals, this ended up being the one-and-only storage train that was operated, so despite the crummy weather, I'm very glad I headed out there that day to see this. I took footage of this historic move between Aviston, IL, and Carlyle, IL. The future is very uncertain for this once-busy main line, and the company is being very quiet about any future plans. Meanwhile, these railcars are rusting to the rails between Shattuc, IL, and Aviston while they await their fate.

Though according to a comment from 5 months ago, the line is back out of service again:

* UPDATE * Today, a CSX track crew tore out a 10' section of rail in Caseyville, IL, effectively taking this line back out of service despite that these storage cars remain between Aviston and Shattuc, IL. This small section was originally cut back in 2015 when CSX ceased operating through traffic on the main line, but then was put back into place to handle what turned out to be the subject train of this video, and was again displaced today. As mentioned in the description, the future of this once-famous main line is in doubt.

Wait, Does that mean they just Stranded their own equipment?

[freebrickproductions]

Found this on YouTube today. It was back in April of this year and shows a lot of signals along a CSX line that got shut-down back in 2015, though a few still try to operate towards the end of the video:


From the description:

In July 2015, CSX shut down its former B&O St. Louis to Cincinnati main line between St. Louis, MO, and Flora, IL. In April 2017, under the company's new CEO Hunter Harrison, they originally planned to store several thousand rail cars on the line as it is still intact. However, Illinois towns along the route complained to the Illinois Commerce Commission that state-funded grade crossing signals that were decommissioned and not functioning properly posed a hazard to the general public. As such, the ICC requested CSX reactivate the signals for future storage car trains which would involve re-installing gates where equipped, re-charging or replacing backup batteries, replacing electronics that were cannibalized over time, etc. Likely because of the great expense involved in reactivating the signals, this ended up being the one-and-only storage train that was operated, so despite the crummy weather, I'm very glad I headed out there that day to see this. I took footage of this historic move between Aviston, IL, and Carlyle, IL. The future is very uncertain for this once-busy main line, and the company is being very quiet about any future plans. Meanwhile, these railcars are rusting to the rails between Shattuc, IL, and Aviston while they await their fate.

Though according to a comment from 5 months ago, the line is back out of service again:

* UPDATE * Today, a CSX track crew tore out a 10' section of rail in Caseyville, IL, effectively taking this line back out of service despite that these storage cars remain between Aviston and Shattuc, IL. This small section was originally cut back in 2015 when CSX ceased operating through traffic on the main line, but then was put back into place to handle what turned out to be the subject train of this video, and was again displaced today. As mentioned in the description, the future of this once-famous main line is in doubt.

Wait, Does that mean they just Stranded their own equipment?

Yep. But seeing as the cars are "in storage", they could always probably just replace the rails long enough to get the equipment back out again if need to.

[NathanFromEngland]

Found this on YouTube today. It was back in April of this year and shows a lot of signals along a CSX line that got shut-down back in 2015, though a few still try to operate towards the end of the video:


From the description:

In July 2015, CSX shut down its former B&O St. Louis to Cincinnati main line between St. Louis, MO, and Flora, IL. In April 2017, under the company's new CEO Hunter Harrison, they originally planned to store several thousand rail cars on the line as it is still intact. However, Illinois towns along the route complained to the Illinois Commerce Commission that state-funded grade crossing signals that were decommissioned and not functioning properly posed a hazard to the general public. As such, the ICC requested CSX reactivate the signals for future storage car trains which would involve re-installing gates where equipped, re-charging or replacing backup batteries, replacing electronics that were cannibalized over time, etc. Likely because of the great expense involved in reactivating the signals, this ended up being the one-and-only storage train that was operated, so despite the crummy weather, I'm very glad I headed out there that day to see this. I took footage of this historic move between Aviston, IL, and Carlyle, IL. The future is very uncertain for this once-busy main line, and the company is being very quiet about any future plans. Meanwhile, these railcars are rusting to the rails between Shattuc, IL, and Aviston while they await their fate.

Though according to a comment from 5 months ago, the line is back out of service again:

* UPDATE * Today, a CSX track crew tore out a 10' section of rail in Caseyville, IL, effectively taking this line back out of service despite that these storage cars remain between Aviston and Shattuc, IL. This small section was originally cut back in 2015 when CSX ceased operating through traffic on the main line, but then was put back into place to handle what turned out to be the subject train of this video, and was again displaced today. As mentioned in the description, the future of this once-famous main line is in doubt.

I know this is dumb to ask, can you add timemarks on when the signals operate?

I mean, only clip i saw signals trying to work was the light engine passing through a gateless crossing that activates while its crossing.

[cabman701]

I know this is dumb to ask, can you add timemarks on when the signals operate?

I mean, only clip i saw signals trying to work was the light engine passing through a gateless crossing that activates while its crossing.

I scanned through the video (didn't have time to watch it front to back). At the 18:50 mark there is a gated crossing (without gates and it's lights turned sideways) that activates and de-activates quite a few times. In case anybody wonders... the lights on that crossing flash the way they do because the way there are turned. They would work normally if turned the correct way.