Tag Archive for ‘Railroads’

September 3, 2010 Weekly Wrapper

The Abandoned Weekly Wrapper is brief digest of news regarding abandonments and historic properties for September 3, 2010.

Railfanning in Ohio Part II

There is something fascinating with exploring abandoned railroads. Whether it is the history that is within the physical and psychological connections with the rail line, or the communities that it impacted, or the industries that it served, these tracks were partially responsible for the industrialized growth of the United States and helped us win both World War I and World War II. And through consolidations and dismantlements due to the foreclosures, relentless highway industries, population shifts and the loss of our industrial heritage, many legacies of our railroad past remain in tatters.

Where to even begin with Railfanning in Ohio, Part II?

Railfanning in Ohio

One of the larger backlogs in the Abandoned collection are my photographs of disused rail lines throughout the Midwest. The Railfanning in Ohio update covers the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, Little Miami Railroad and the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley.

The Flemingsburg and Northern

It’s a rare occasion anymore when I am not stumbling upon an abandoned rail line at least once a week. I was taken in surprise when I stumbled upon the Flemingsburg and Northern not too far from where I grew up and had been oblivious to it’s existence until recently. While tracing out an active [...]

Exploring the Big South Fork railroads

A few weekends ago, I made a trip down to the Big South Fork National Recreation Area to take up some backpacking on what turned out to be a most beautiful and sunny weekend. Hiking along many of the rugged and remote trails at Big South Fork, I stumbled across many aspects of forgotten railroading history. The Oneida & Western Railroad, for instance, is one of those interesting discoveries.

Little Miami and the B&O SW Spring Grove Industrial Track

Two rail lines in Cincinnati, Ohio frame today’s Abandoned update. Covering the Little Miami Railroad — the second railroad in the state and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest Spring Grove Industrial Track, both present a bit of history that is becoming long forgotten.

Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad

The Cincinnati and Eastern Railway (C&E) was a railroad from Idlewild in Norwood, near Cincinnati, to Portsmouth, Ohio. At its western terminus, it connected with the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern (CL&N) and the Pennsylvania Railroad Richmond Division (PRR), and to a Norfolk & Western line at its eastern terminus.

One Detroit landmark saved, another one to go

In a surprising reversal of attitude towards Michigan Central Depot in Detroit, Michigan, the historic train station and adjoining Roosevelt Warehouse will stand if for a bit longer after a Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety Committee decided to delay a decision on demolishing the properties. The announcement was a reversal of [...]