Tracks out of service

[brett nc railfanner]

Albany, Georgia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5011589 ... 312!8i6656

[ZachL]

Albany, Georgia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5011589 ... 312!8i6656

Still "active" as well...
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5010703 ... 312!8i6656

[NathanFromEngland]

Conway, New Hampshire.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9736974 ... 312!8i6656

Private crossing, with a 45 degree crossbuck and some sort of homemade road sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9693425 ... 312!8i6656

Another 45 degree crossbuck, though this one is pretty beaten up.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9747881 ... 312!8i6656

Let's go down south.

Sarasota, Florida.

Abandoned spur trackage.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3672088 ... 384!8i8192

Good old SGR laziness.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.367205, ... 384!8i8192

This first crossing appears to have it's gates lowered, then most of the gates was cut off and removed, but the mechanisms were kept in the downwards position. Quite an unusual method of gate removal.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3356647 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3356346 ... 384!8i8192

Ironically as well, the crossing still appears to be receiving power.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.335665, ... 312!8i6656

This crossing doesn't appear to have received any changes.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3376006 ... 312!8i6656

The next crossing over is just crossbucks at an entrance to a mostly abandoned shopping district.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.333314, ... 312!8i6656

By December 2016 however, the crossing appeared to have been closed off and the grade torn up.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3333033 ... 312!8i6656

This crossing and the tracks seem to be in reasonable condition.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3300448 ... 312!8i6656

The next crossing has had it's gates removed, but all other equipment is intact.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3303599 ... 312!8i6656

This Seaboard Coast Line crossing had already had it's gates removed by 2007, so it's no surprise if this line does get very rare usage, but only for car storage.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3302957 ... 328!8i1664

Additionally, some Safetran lights were stolen from this cantilever mast.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3300937 ... 384!8i8192

Another crossing with removed gates.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3228696 ... 384!8i8192

And again, but if you look to the right, you can notice where the gates were just randomly dumped.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.3083272 ... 312!8i6656

This crossing had gates in 2007, but by 2011 they were removed for unknown reasons, they were reinstalled and remained for a few years, but by 2018, they had been removed again. (Probably a failed line revival attempt)
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2987268 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2986624 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2986663 ... 384!8i8192

Probably wrong with my guess, but it look's like there is a petition for the trackage to be turned into a extension for a trail.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2986658 ... 384!8i8192

Next crossing over is a WABCO installation, but street view only goes back as far as Dec. 2016 so i assume the gates are gone now.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2914714 ... 312!8i6656

A wide pair of lights here!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2839163 ... 312!8i6656

A passive crossing with what appears to be chunks of rail and an abandoned MOW vehicle.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2803099 ... 312!8i6656

This WABCO installation was removed in mid to late 2018.
2016: https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2766068 ... 312!8i6656
Gates gone by June 2018: https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2766105 ... 312!8i6656
Crossing removed entirely by November: https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2766039 ... 384!8i8192

On the topic of the same crossing, the gates were dumped, and the relay case torn out.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2766111 ... 312!8i6656

This crossing was also removed by late-2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2690667 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.269281, ... 384!8i8192

Abandoned spur crossing.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2616652 ... 312!8i6656

This 1980's SBD/CSX installation was again, gone by late-2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2592552 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2592677 ... 312!8i6656

Ironically, one of the cantilevers that appears to have came from Clark Road can be seen on a small flatbed, most likely when they were doing track/crossing removal work.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2592187 ... 312!8i6656

From there, the line becomes part of the Sarasota County Legacy Trail, but it doesn't stop there, as there is still some crossings featured while the trail was under construction in 2007.

One of the crossings near the start of the trail, gates and crossbucks removed during construction in 2007.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2443666 ... 328!8i1664
The signal to the right was installed at the start of the legacy trail, and avoided scrap.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2444739 ... 312!8i6656

Additionally, this relay case was kept.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2443528 ... 312!8i6656

Both of these signals were moved to face the opposite direction of this crossing. The only changes to these signals are the Legacy trail themed crossbucks.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.225303, ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2253833 ... 384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.2253833 ... 384!8i8192

Another crossing that had it's signals moved.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.1384481 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.1384128 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.1384128 ... 312!8i6656

And from there, there's not really anything more to see.

[ZachL]

Sarasota

the SGLR line is not abandoned in Sarasota. It's just been in piss-poor condition, and has been for several years.

EDIT: HOLY F@#ing cow it is! That's news to me!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... county-fla

EDIT #2: okay so it's only abandoned from Fruitville Road to the south. Still "active" to the north

[NathanFromEngland]

Hronov, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic.
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4775675 ... 312!8i6656
Gated entrance to a still in use factory.
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4775308 ... 312!8i6656

Sarasota

the SGLR line is not abandoned in Sarasota. It's just been in piss-poor condition, and has been for several years.

EDIT: HOLY F@#ing cow it is! That's news to me!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... county-fla

EDIT #2: okay so it's only abandoned from Fruitville Road to the south. Still "active" to the north

Is this where the term of "underfunded" comes in.

[ZachL]

Is this where the term of "underfunded" comes in.

More like neglect.

[brett nc railfanner]

Abandoned spur in Hampton, South Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8754891 ... 312!8i6656

[brett nc railfanner]

Abandoned signals in Brunswick, Georgia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.1345695 ... 312!8i6656

According to satellite view, the grade has been paved over.

Going down the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.1415991 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@31.1429583 ... 312!8i6656

The line has been all removed after that.

[brett nc railfanner]

Remains of a spur in Belmont, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2346663 ... 312!8i6656

Old cantilever signal in Kings Mountain, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1863683 ... 312!8i6656

Relay case doesn't look too good:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1861428 ... 312!8i6656

[brett nc railfanner]

Abandoned spur in Gordon, Georgia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8794114 ... 384!8i8192