RussNelson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:47 pm LAT,LONG,ORIGINAL,CROSSING,LOCATION,T-WAY MP,STATUS,CURRENT USE,NOTES43.0971,-76.3093,Syracuse & Baldwinsville,,,,dismantled 1926
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RussNelson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:47 pm LAT,LONG,ORIGINAL,CROSSING,LOCATION,T-WAY MP,STATUS,CURRENT USE,NOTES43.0971,-76.3093,Syracuse & Baldwinsville,,,,dismantled 1926
henry6 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:21 pm I, in fact, have a friend whose deed in Endicott, NY reflects an easement for the PB&E on parcel parts of his properties.Could you message me with that person's address? I can go look up his deed.
However, I could not figure out its route thru Hallsville and Starkville and Van Hornesville. I have it partially correct in OpenStreetMap here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/172946242 but not through Springfield Four Corners, which is the C&N. It's quite clear going east of Van Hornesville...
Thanks to a map in Jim Loudon's book The Cooperstown and Northern subtitled Otsego's Forgotten Railroad (includes a chapter on the Fort Plain & Richfield Springs Railroad), I was able to locate some of the Cooperstown & Northern grading. Here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1219429342 I e...
scottychaos wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:10 pm Sounds like they are all gone now.Ewa and I went there Sunday. Two ruined hulks remain, and we found two built into cabins.
scottychaos wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:22 pmFound a link to it: https://www.loc.gov/item/98688525/
and click on the Keuka lake area on the map.
It shows up as the Sodus Bay, Corning & New York Railroad.
The LV bridge in Odessa has been removed. I found trolley rails in Lake Street in Elmira. Not strictly the Elmira Corning & Waverly but it was connected. They're so deeply buried that there aren't even cracks. I needed to use my metal detector (which lives in my car for exactly this use) to find...
I commissioned a BUILD#11 challenge coin for the WW&F. Apart from a speling erorr (my bad), it's quite beautiful. Feels very nice in your pocket, and who knows, it may save you from having to buy a round of drinks or do pushups. It's only $11 plus postage. https://giftshop.wwfry.org/product/chal...
For mobile use, the best app that uses OSM data is OSMAnd. There are both Android and iPhone versions of it. One thing is, though, you have to switch to the Topo View in order to see all the abandoned lines.
trainsinmaine wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:16 pm I'm not sure what bridge remains I'm looking at here.https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/295079580
In the end, I found an index I'd forgotten I had. The article on the Elizabethtown Terminal RR was in the third issue, Summer, 1970. It's not much of an article, but still worth sharing.E'town RR scan-reduced.pdf Thanks for this! Here is the route of the ETR: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/...
BR&P wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:20 amCurrent wife pointing out why I divorced ex-wife. It's not possible for me to say quite how lucky I am to have a railfan wife.EwaNelson wrote:Russ - looks like you're on thin ice!
We are spending almost every other weekend away, doing research. Sorry that ain't enough
conrailman02 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:50 am I saw on the news that a new soybean processing plant has been approved to be built in Massena with rail access.Another one?? Why is this one going to succeed where the last one failed?
There's only a little over 3 miles of track. BUT there's a little over 3 miles of track.
That's amazing news. Looking forward to riding the whole thing end to end.