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The Fall Work Weekend is coming up. October 11th through 14th (Fri -> Mon) over the Veteran's Day weekend. More information here: http://wwfry.org/?tribe_events=fall-work-weekend We're aiming to lay and spike 2000' of rail this year(!). 600' has already been laid, to get the spikers started behind t...

It's extremely obvious on the LIDAR from Batavia west to the quarry but not visible in any way west of that. https://orthos.dhses.ny.gov/?Extent=-8716652.604095634,5309727.485031026,-8714753.621674333,5310638.757727536&Layers=2_meter_dem_index_nys&layerGroups=AdministrativeBoundaries,DEMInde...

For a short time it crossed just east of the Weedsport exit, the bridge remained much longer than it was used. Today you can spot it by small green advertising signs on the ROW on each side. Some of the fill is absent on the south side and just north of the CSX main it's totally removed. Niagara br...

I'm afraid I need someone to interpret the GIS image for me. I'm trying to fit it to the description made by choess. I can discern the general area that we're talking about, but I need the possible tunnel location superimposed over the image or a topo map --- either that, or a more thorough descrip...

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It's still confusing as heck, but at least with LIDAR, it's very clearly confusing:

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Found a wealth of newspaper articles detailing this line, including corporation documents for the "Buffalo Valley Railroad" (NOT the B,A&A as detailed in the Abstracts of Title for several properties along that line!). I uploaded one of the clippings here (see below. or above. not exa...

charlie6017 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:23 pm another rocket-scientist in a semi smacked the bridge on Onondaga Pkwy.

Tough poopie if the cars have to drive through a few inches of water. Better that than hitting the bridge.

In Australia there are some underheight tunnels. They have a height detector, and if it trips, a wall of water sprays down and a full-height STOP gets project onto it.

It probably doesn't work.

BR&P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:51 pm The fact that the line was abandoned, and washouts in places would have prevented a train from getting there, changed nothing. The rule was the rule, and he made sure it was followed!

It's already helped me find more railbeds. Can you be specific, or is it too early for that, and you need to go out and do some field work? Yes, specifically, the Ogdensburg, Clayton & Rome cutting west of Glenfield was reused by the Glenfield & Western. However, I had it use too much of th...

North of Telephone Road is definitely the RN&P. Different contractors were hired for different sections. If they were in a hurry, why not hire ALL the contractors who were available, and set them each to a section? I don't see anything north of https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/714578613 Not eve...

This is a LIDAR map of NY. Very handy for finding railroads whether finished or unfinished. It's already helped me find more railbeds. The resolution varies from 1 meter to 10 meters per measurement. The 1 meter is the only useful one. This location is some of the Rochester Nunda and Pennsylvania. h...

The pressure to write the book has become irresistible.

The project that you are about to embark on also cries out loud for a book besides a web-site. May I sugest a title: The iron roads that that did not made it. Call me old fashioned but I still prefere to browse or read in a book than do the same from the screen. Working on it, finally! This is for ...