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  1. NRHS NJ Tri-State Chapter - Monthly Meeting - Thursday, May 24 - 7:0
    The TRI-STATE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. Presents Ralph Heiss At the Bickford Theater Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 ...
    - Sun, 13 May 2012 17:48:46 GMT
  2. Yesterday May 10, 2012
    Was the 143 anniversary of the first transcontinental Railroad....
    - Fri, 11 May 2012 10:57:23 GMT
  3. This Weekend! Two MQRR Anniversary Events
    Tomorrow May 12th is the Friends of Auburn Library will hold their Authors' Faire at the Placer County Library in Auburn,CA. The time is 11am - 3pm. Amongst...
    - Fri, 11 May 2012 00:42:07 GMT
  4. Reactivating Closed Lines
    A number of former main lines still have track and or track and all electronics in-tact. If anyone knows of ones that have former rail users still on them,...
    - Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:16:14 GMT
  5. Re: Railroad Passenger Service In Brown County
    Maybe they put it in Rail Banking and do not wish to let the general public know. Rail banking is the preservation of railroad corridors for possible future...
    - Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:02:26 GMT
  6. Re: Railroad Passenger Service In Brown County
    How do ROW's of private property that contain an abandoned short spur get off the tax maps? The problem, CSX says the spur is abandoned, but CSX won't put...
    - Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:18:20 GMT
  7. Railroad Passenger Service In Brown County
    Dear Group, This is the history of railroad service in Brown County, in Brownwood, TX to its surrounding communities. It's official, rail service existed...
    - Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:25:02 GMT
  8. Old Bridge at US 377 Colorado River, at Brown & McCulloch Co.
    Dear Group, Personal Reflections and Personal Opinion inside the bracket lines. ______________________________________________________________________ It...
    - Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:16:58 GMT
  9. Re: South Orient Railroad Ltd
    Dear Larry, Awesome work! Rails from 1911? Those should be put in a musuem, along with other artifacts. I hadn't got around to finding the owner of the...
    - Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:10:33 GMT
  10. Tomorrow Daylight Savings time
    Don't forget to turn your clocks forward tomorrow. Its daylight savings time and the days are longer again. Where did winter go? Sharon Deckard [Non-text...
    - Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:24:12 GMT
  11. South Orient Railroad Ltd
    Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. (reporting mark TXPF) is a railroad operating company in West Texas that is owned by Grupo M?xico. The company operates...
    - Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:20:25 GMT
  12. Information on Railroads operating in Southwest Louisiana
    I live in southwest Louisiana (Beauregard Parish) and I'm researching the railroads that operate through Beauregard Parish and the surrounding area. 1....
    - Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:15:08 GMT
  13. Re: Tracking Down Owners..
    Dear Don, Thanks I been the Coryell County Appraisal District. At one time in 2006 or 2007, it 'was' a private residence. Now it is used as a 'barn' to store...
    - Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:40:07 GMT
  14. Re: Eisenhower Era Strategic Rail Connections +/- 4700 Locations
    I would say into the Billions of dollars to rebuild abandoned branches and mainlines. -Willie...
    - Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:10:21 GMT
  15. Eisenhower Era Strategic Rail Connections +/- 4700 Locations
    What is the cost of rebuilding our national networks to way we were versus the 90-percent down from then to now....
    - Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:42:39 GMT