Defunct Spur Between Landsdown & Clinton Borough

n01jd1 wrote:

railtrailbiker wrote:I also remember reading a story in an old issue of trains about either the PRR or PC auctioning off some old cars that had been sitting on a RIP track in some yard for eons. The new owner opened the cars up and found that the cargo was some now classic automobiles that had never been delivered and forgotten by the railroad!!

that sounds like an urban legend, if ever there was one.

of course, the Lasalle & Bureau County railroad ran a side business in the 1970s, selling off interchange cars they didn't own for scrap. Coupla guys went to jail for that. PennCentral never missed 'em...

I remember reading that story in Trains as well - it was probably about 7 or 8 years ago, adn it was in their "railroad tails" section or whatever tehy call it....