Railroad Forums 

  • TV&C from Sandusky to Cuba

  • All about the Arcade & Attica Railroad
All about the Arcade & Attica Railroad

Moderator: Benjamin Maggi

 #1384384  by RussNelson
 
thebigham wrote:And a shorter stretch:

http://binged.it/1Z1vpPi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The grade is raised here, but very overgrown with brush
I suspect that you could find more embankment on the west side of the stream that feeds Cuba Lake, if you could get over there.

There's a driveway just west of where Cuba Lake Inlet crosses CR-7D. I suspect that this is TV&C railbed. There's also an edge of a field which lines up with the driveway. Also suspected. IF you can get permission and IF it's not too brushy, you could possibly find embankment at the north end of that field.

All just guesswork, but backed up by decades of photo-interpretation and field research. If the CIA ever needs somebody to locate abandoned railroads, there's probably nobody better than me. :-)
 #1420080  by thebigham
 
I went to the Rushford golf course yesterday and looked for the TV&C grade.

The owner was there and told me they removed some of the TV&C grade near Hole 6 a few years ago.

He also said that he would show me this spring a cut built by the TV&C south of Hardy Corners Road.

He said his aunt has a silo on her farm that was supposedly shipped to the farm on the TV&C.

Here's the TV&C grade through the Rushford golf course.
Attachments:
a4.png
a4.png (1.41 MiB) Viewed 6635 times
 #1420266  by thebigham
 
Here's the TV&C 1882 survey map and a pic of the grade today (Feb. 2017) on the Oil Springs Indian Reservation between Cuba and Cuba Lake.
Attachments:
100_3016.JPG
100_3016.JPG (1.02 MiB) Viewed 6603 times
100_3020.JPG
100_3020.JPG (602.38 KiB) Viewed 6603 times
Last edited by thebigham on Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #1420268  by thebigham
 
Here's the TV&C grade at the Rushford golf course.

I'm standing on the grade.
Attachments:
100_3013.JPG
100_3013.JPG (950.17 KiB) Viewed 6602 times
 #1425410  by thebigham
 
Today I headed to "Fairview" on the TV&C.

All traces of the TV&C grade are gone from where it crossed Fairvew Road.

It has to be around here: https://binged.it/2ohO8K8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've attached the TV&C survey map and a 1939 aerial photo that has a faint yellow line where my friend thinks the TV&C grade was.

I have permission to hike. The owner thinks there are traces of the TV&C grade near where the TV&C crossed County Line Road (which is the border between Cattaraugus County and Allegany County).
Attachments:
Shows the TV&C from where it crossed County Line Road to Fairview Road
Shows the TV&C from where it crossed County Line Road to Fairview Road
100_2890.JPG (1.32 MiB) Viewed 6386 times
Where the TV&C crossed Fairview Road
Where the TV&C crossed Fairview Road
100_2891.JPG (814.06 KiB) Viewed 6386 times
1939 Aerial photo
1939 Aerial photo
100_1484.JPG (567.21 KiB) Viewed 6386 times
 #1426050  by thebigham
 
I hiked yesterday from Fairview Road back to the old County Line road. We eventually found the TV&C. It's visible and walkable east of County Line Road.

Now west of County Line Road, there was a substantial bridge over the creek. We found the TV&C grade on the other side of the creek, but the brush was so thick, we turned back.

We did not have time to hike east of Fairview Road.
Attachments:
100_3157.JPG
100_3157.JPG (1.03 MiB) Viewed 6330 times
100_3156.JPG
100_3156.JPG (1.1 MiB) Viewed 6330 times
100_3155.JPG
100_3155.JPG (1021.49 KiB) Viewed 6330 times
 #1426052  by thebigham
 
The TV&C had a culvert or a bridge over the stream here.

This location is the first survey map above with the stream flowing north.

Just after this location, the grade has been plowed under for a field next to Fairview Road.
Attachments:
100_3159.JPG
100_3159.JPG (1.07 MiB) Viewed 6330 times
100_3158.JPG
100_3158.JPG (1.1 MiB) Viewed 6330 times
 #1426338  by thebigham
 
I'm hoping to get land owner permission soon to hike east of Fairview Road.

Below are two pics from 1952 aerial photos that shows what looks to be the TV&C grade.

The 3rd photo is Google Maps today. The diagonal line in the middle of the green field could be the raised TV&C grade?!?
Attachments:
East of Fairview Road
East of Fairview Road
Untitled.png (457.03 KiB) Viewed 6294 times
tvcSummit3.png
tvcSummit3.png (512.37 KiB) Viewed 6294 times
Google Maps
Google Maps
tvcrrsummit5.png (697.97 KiB) Viewed 6294 times
 #1426552  by thebigham
 
On Sunday I found the TV&C grade east of Brookside Road. This section was climbing from Rushford to Summit. I forgot my camera so I do not have any pics.

The grade was in good shape and easy to find. An exDL&W/EL/CR/CSX engineer lives right next to the grade.

I have permission to go back in 2 weeks and get pics.
Attachments:
TV&C Timetable
TV&C Timetable
TV&CTimetableMileage.png (311.51 KiB) Viewed 6254 times
Map of the TV&C from Fish lake to Rushford
Map of the TV&C from Fish lake to Rushford
rushfordsummit.jpg (68.61 KiB) Viewed 6254 times
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7