TRAINS! 1941 last of the interurban

[N8YX]

Others are left in the woods to rot...sitting on stretches of track which hasn't been connected to a working railroad in many years.

I know where one such flatcar sits, maybe a mile southwest of me. It would be nice to get permission to ride the abandoned right-of-ways that haven't undergone the Rails-to-Trails revamp and which may have a hidden surprise or two tucked away on them.

[W2NAP]

http://madisonrails.railfan.net/08interurban.html

a good read. tells of the L.E.&W. push west going though northern Madison County. and how 1 man forced the LE&W to honor the agreement they had him.

[W3WN]

Others are left in the woods to rot...sitting on stretches of track which hasn't been connected to a working railroad in many years.

I know where one such flatcar sits, maybe a mile southwest of me. It would be nice to get permission to ride the abandoned right-of-ways that haven't undergone the Rails-to-Trails revamp and which may have a hidden surprise or two tucked away on them.

There's a deadline at least a mile long behind the roundhouse on the New Hope & Ivyland. It's full of old rail cars, box cars, at one time a couple of old ex-Army 0-6-0 switchers (I think those were finally sold off or scrapped about 10 years ago)... all "stored", all left to rot.

Some are (technically) owned by individuals or private groups. Technicalities aside, most appear abandoned.

You'll find stashes of old stuff all over the place, if you look. There was also a lot of stuff stashed on the Black River & Western, at the Ringoes yard. It was very sad to see the current state of the PRR 4666 Doodlebug; it will take a massive overhaul to ever get the poor thing running again.

Now, the good news is that some of the interurban cars are saved and on display at museums. The Trolley Museum down in Washington County, adjacent to the County Fairgrounds, not only has a large display, but a working track that they actually run a lot of the cars on. Really fun to watch!