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The odd thing is that most of the old ROW is there, except, likely, where that large road crosses 6 to the Rouse. I assume that's the bypass? You can see the old line clearly from Starbrick all the way to the Youngsville abutments, and then, of course, you can follow it all the way to Titusville if ...

But, you have to have money for a lawsuit to hurt. I'm wondering if these people are worth a couple million each?

Looks like a big ol' negative.

Where is it? Might be worth a road trip if someone was so inclined....

Yep. There it is. Couldn't say, obviously, what shape it's in.

So, we're going to skip ahead to 1981. Conrail. For those looking, this line is in the Youngstown Division. You may notice that the snip I've posted below looks pretty similar to 1942. The JC, The Erie, The EL, they're all gone. So this is clearly served by Conrail, but I have no idea how much traff...

You want more pictures, right? So, the plot thickens. I guarantee that the JW was still carrying freight in 1941, and all the way to their last days in 1950. However, the 1942 Erie Railroad track chart (at this site: http://railsandtrails.com/TC/EL/index.htm ) lists what I believe to be the same mat...

Same deal: linked to a page that has the full image linked, because it's too big.

I forgot that they unloaded coal across the river and used a conveyor to bring coal to the plant. Now it makes a lot more sense.

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Dave Becker

This is the legend to the whole map. This happens to be sheet 1 of 4: if this val map is to be believed, the Erie was considering buying not just the trackage in the previous post, and what I'll show you next, but lines torn up that would have connected with the DAVP/NYC in Falconer, which the Erie ...

OK, you all like pictures, right? Everyone likes pictures! So, I'm going to add some. I dug into my pile of stuff and found a val map from 1941. This has to be a proposal to purchase or lease the JW trackage in Jamestown. I mean, I know what it says, but some of the line had not been served by the J...

I believe that the bridge is still there, though I haven't been in there for a long time. Between not living in J-Town and no longer working for the railroad, there's no reason to go down there. I'm also not sure where the tresspassing would begin, and what exactly is public land. That bridge, I tho...

I'm unsure about the first few pics, where it goes under a bridge, but it appears to be trackage under the Third Street bridge. That whole area has some complex history, which I'll try to summarize quickly: Originally, there was a diamond in that approximate location, that crossed the Erie and went ...

I think at some point Cactus Jack answered this, perhaps elsewhere. In essence, you're right, though I did not get a name for the company in question. It doesn't sound like there was ever any revenue generated.

Dave Becker

Like you said, you can easily follow the grade a few miles to the dam. I did not walk it to see if there are still mile markers in there.

When the water level is down, you can see the old line in the lake bed from I-86 from time to time.

Dave Becker

Yep, that's the place! I don't get to that side of the city all that often, but there have been cars there, perhaps every other time I go past. Always tank cars, and I would imagine they might be empties just waiting to get dragged into the yard: loads might be too heavy in those ballast conditions....