Ghost Railroads of the East

BaltOhio wrote:The South Penn then went into a kind of limbo,

That probably explains why there are so many remains of it left. People got in the habit of leaving the railbed in place, or working around it, because they didn't want to find out that the railroad would get built, and have it disrupt their own plans.

msernak wrote:PRR - A & S - This is then next line I am going to explore

Amazing line, but a tough one to access when there was a derailment. Sorry Conrail destroyed it.

RussNelson wrote:

BaltOhio wrote:The South Penn then went into a kind of limbo,

That probably explains why there are so many remains of it left. People got in the habit of leaving the railbed in place, or working around it, because they didn't want to find out that the railroad would get built, and have it disrupt their own plans.

Actually, an old love's dad had a potato field bisected by a raised section of the South Penn R-O-W. He finally got weary of plowing around it, and had it pushed down with a big Cat. Of course, that was in 1958...Russ, you may well be right; people just hesitated to destroy it, even if it was in the way.
Of course, trees had a habit of growing where no one disturbed them, so often there was more than dirt to move.
Malley

HOw about a tressle.
There is a grate stone tressle out side of Stauntan Va. on I