Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Here are some from Huntsville.

Cleveland Ave.

Facing south.

Facing north.



Remains of one of the stop lines.

One of the pavement markings. Sorry about the picture not being the best, the sun wasn't in the best position again .

Church St. and Pratt Ave.

Facing north.

Facing south.


Where one of the rails was originally paved over.

Facing north again.


I think the wire was for the crossing signals at the crossings.

Max Luther Dr.

Facing north.

Facing south.

Where one of the rails was cut.

The other rail.

Remains of a tie.

gedunk wrote:If you use the satellite view, your can follow the ROW back to Columbus and spot several defunct crossings. I have zero idea what RR this is or was.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 4,,0,-0.28

Here are some of the crossings that were along that line:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 0,5.8&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.05&z=18

Take a look at this crossing, it had a gate!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.13&z=18
And both sizes of GRS Lex-c lights! Too bad it is gone now
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 47.37&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -4.56&z=18

freebrickproductions wrote:

gedunk wrote:If you use the satellite view, your can follow the ROW back to Columbus and spot several defunct crossings. I have zero idea what RR this is or was.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 4,,0,-0.28

Here are some of the crossings along that line:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 0,5.8&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.05&z=18

Take a look at this crossing, it still has a gate!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.13&z=18
And both sizes of GRS Lex-c lights! Too bad it is not in use anymore. :(
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 47.37&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -4.56&z=18

Street view is very old in Georgia that was taken in November, 2007 .
All of that has since been converted to a trail.
http://www.columbusga.org/planning/Tran ... pdated.pdf

TrainmanKight wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

gedunk wrote:If you use the satellite view, your can follow the ROW back to Columbus and spot several defunct crossings. I have zero idea what RR this is or was.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 4,,0,-0.28

Here are some of the crossings along that line:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 0,5.8&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.05&z=18

Take a look at this crossing, it still has a gate!
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -0.13&z=18
And both sizes of GRS Lex-c lights! Too bad it is not in use anymore. :(
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 47.37&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -4.56&z=18

Street view is very old in Georgia that was taken in November, 2007 .
All of that has since been converted to a trail.
http://www.columbusga.org/planning/Tran ... pdated.pdf

I noticed the trail when I was looking on satellite. Probably should have mentioned something about it.

Edit: Too bad these signals are gone now, they seem like they were well preserved.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... -5.48&z=19

I think I found another abandoned line. If it is abandoned, it was probably done recently.
There is rolling stock to either side of this crossing.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 24,,0,6.56
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 03,,0,3.36
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 82,,0,2.26
This crossing would be interesting to see active. It is most likely the last used crossing on that line.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 3,,0,-3.29
Further north there are more signals and the tracks are in good condition; to the south however:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 5,,0,10.37
I don't think a train can get past that.
This section appears to be abandoned:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... .21,,0,4.4
I don't think this depot or crossing gets any trains anymore:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... .13,,0,4.2
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 47,,0,9.32
It's official, this section of the line is abandoned. Anyone know what this line was?
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 43,,0,0.82
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 24,,0,5.76
Two crossbucks; one of which is really overgrown.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 78,,0,4.39
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... .3,,1,2.24
Very overgrown track:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 7,,0,16.08
I followed the line further south and found it is in use again.

Here is another abandoned line:
The only crossing with signals I have found so far:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,3.38&z=18
This crossing is quite overgrown on one side of it:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ,3.75&z=18
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... 15.72&z=18

Seems like Georgia has a lot of disused tracks left in place. They may or may not be legally abandoned.

In Wisconsin most lines are removed immediately upon abandonment. However the 12-mile line between Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls, which saw its last train during the early 1980s and was never removed (although the old rail and ties are unusable), is currently being rebuilt by the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad.

In the northern part of the state, a line from Barron to Cameron to Ladysmith was put up for abandonment by Wisconsin Central in 2001. CN acquired WC later that year, and kept operating local service on it until 2004. The track became quite overgrown in places over the next eight years and some crossing signals were removed and crossings paved over. However in spring 2012 CN began reconstruction of this line in anticipation of frac sand traffic. They should be nearly done by now.

Here is one down in Macon, GA.
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... 39,,0,8.13
Some crossbucks that are still standing. I bet the line was abandoned rather recently.
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... 25,,0,4.66
More crossbucks:
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... .9,,0,3.84
Just one crossbuck and rails here:
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... 54,,0,2.19
I lost the line a little bit later.

EDIT: Found another line:
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... 8,,0,11.51
I'm not sure if this is part of the same line, either way, it is a creative use for an abandoned rail bridge:
https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?h ... 6,,0,-7.68

The traditional "abandonment" process doesn't seem to apply to a lot of those industrial spurs. They can go unused, overgrown and rusty for decades before anybody even remembers that they're there. Many of them are owned, in whole or in part, by the customers they serve.

Hazel St. looks like they abandoned a five-track yard!

Here's 2 crossings I took on Choctaw Dr. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that are out of service, I would of taken more pictures of these 2 crossings, but it was pouring down the rain and never got a chance to get more pictures done



Note, the top picture, it's missing a crossbuck on the eastbound direction (the direction I was traveling) and the line was abandoned