by Tim Mullins
7777777777777777777.............You're right in saying..." real railroads".....
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Exiled Englishman wrote:Thanks for your all kind comments about the photos. I have to say though with subject matter like that its difficult not to get good photos.Good sir, I highly recommend you obtain a copy of High Green and The Bark Peelers by R. M. Neal and read Chapter 5: "...Not Protecting..." on the Hillsboro, circa 1950. It was described as "a line so little used that grass grows unchallenged between the rails,...an upcountry branch shrunken and shriveled, forgotten by all but a handful of railroad men and shippers." Yet, here 61 years later, it perseveres in a perverse sort of way.
TRP37777 - I do like America, its a fantastic country although I don't think I'll ever understand your obsession of cheese with everything savo(u)ry and cinnamon with everything sweet Or the need prove that I am old enough to drink almost every time I want a beer! Surprisingly I don't miss England as much as I thought I would but home is always home.
I don't really have a great interest in "big" trains. As I said my main interests are industrial railways but sadly they are a vanishing species, although I'm pleased to say that America still has quite a few. Something I find interesting is the line between what defines a shortline and what defines an industrial railway in the US. The Milford-Bennington is a good example of this. Personally I would say that the MBRR is a classic industrial railway but it seems to be defined as a shortline. Port railways are another example. I have visited the ones in Albany NY, Port Jersey NJ, Richmond CA, Fore River MA and Seaview RI, all of which seem to be defined as shortlines but again I would say they are all classic industrial operations. Is there a standard definition between the two?