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« on: March 07, 2010, 01:19:57 am »
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Abandoned railroads can present lots of metal detecting opportunities, not least of which is abandoned or forgotten towns.   

Here is a link that can help you find abandoned railroad right of ways;

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http://www.abandonedrails.com/


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And if that has whetted your appetite for things rail, you might want to check out these also:

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http://www.brian894x4.com/AbandonedRRmainpage.html
    Pacific Northwest rails

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http://www.nepaview.piczo.com/?cr=4
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http://www.southpennrailroad.com/
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http://www.oldrr.com/index.html
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http://home.swbell.net/lwsumner/ghosts.htm
      Arizona and New Mexico rails

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http://www.monon.monon.org/bygone/main.html
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http://kyrailbeds.com/highlighted/
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http://abandonedrailroads.homestead.com/SC.html
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http://www.abandonedrails.com/article.asp?id=383
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http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=0c3b81a4-9ff2-4674-9c6d-79e4f400ec31
   abandoned railroad tunnels (don't forget your flashlights)

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http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/index.html
    A wide selection, but a lot of unrelated stuff to wade through


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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 02:09:39 am »
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Excellent BA! I never thought about a railroad site. I have been looking for stage routes and a couple of the ones I want the railroad was built over top. The rails were removed so in some places its gone. This will help!  Smiley Smiley

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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 05:02:29 am »
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Hello BA

Thank you for the interesting links and post.

Hardluck  Smiley

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010, 02:48:00 pm »
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Many camps were built during the construction of the early railroads. They were used to store supplies and house the workers. Unfortunately, sometimes the blasting supplies were left behind in the camps and present a danger to anyone unlucky enough to dig into them today. I know of one such camp in the Black Hills of South Dakota. That particular camp is in a no-dig area on government ground....but you would never know that unless you talked to the local forest service ranger.

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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 11:41:46 am »
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I will have to give this a try we have lots of old abandoned rail lines where I live maybe some are near old miner camps or maybe just stuff fell of the train.

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 02:13:05 pm »
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I had a site like that for southern New Mexico but lost it in a computer crash.

They had Old Areal Photos too.

Shown every whistle stop about every 7 mile.

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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2010, 03:31:56 pm »
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Homefire, I found these for New Mexico (none of them appear to be the one you mention, though   Sad  ).....

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http://www.abandonedrails.com/New_Mexico

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http://www.railsusa.com/cgi-bin/links/go.cgi?id=1096

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http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/Maps/pdf/rail_map_dV9_3.pdf



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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2010, 04:55:33 pm »
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Still Cool!  Thank You.

The one I had Ran from El-Paso to Bisbee.   Wise

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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2010, 05:06:38 pm »
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In that case, the railroad was probably the El Paso and Southwestern.   If you drill down in

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back they have a pretty detailed map as well as areal photos of the station areas.   The information probably came from the same sources as the site you remember.  (Douglas to Bisbee was actually a spur off of the mainline)

I think I need to start planning a trip down that way.  I've hunted along some of the Northern Arizona rails and some of the Central Arizona rails, but I haven't hit a Southern site yet.

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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2010, 05:11:03 pm »
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Ha!   Your Da Man!!!!!!

That's it.     Clapp

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