Working rail roads and their tracks.

[cqaigy2]

Railroads seem to have the most waste of any industry I’ve ever seen. Thousands of miles of abandoned steel rails rotting away across the country, real estate under them just left abandoned, engines and rolling stock left to decay. Little attempt (at least that I see) to scrap anything, clean anything up, recycle.
It doesnt seem like other industries leave so much behind and unused?

I've wondered about economics of that too.

 

[jjeff]

Railroads seem to have the most waste of any industry I’ve ever seen. Thousands of miles of abandoned steel rails rotting away across the country, real estate under them just left abandoned, engines and rolling stock left to decay. Little attempt (at least that I see) to scrap anything, clean anything up, recycle.
It doesnt seem like other industries leave so much behind and unused?

But rusty relics and old industrial sights always have and always will peak my interest.

 

[Hay Dude]

But rusty relics and old industrial sights always have and always will peak my interest.

Me, too.
Wish they were still working. If you really like that stuff, come visit my area. I can show you hundreds of rusty relics and old industrial sights lol

 

[jjeff]

Me, too.
Wish they were still working. If you really like that stuff, come visit my area. I can show you hundreds of rusty relics and old industrial sights lol

These days I walk out to my shop and wish some of my junk was still working. Lol

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Cool video

 

[BoylermanCT]

While flying the other week I looked down and saw this loop railroad in Minnesota.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Google picture of the Hiwassee loop.

 

[jjeff]

Google picture of the Hiwassee loop. View attachment 773032

So they built the loop to eliminate switch backs on an old line? Thanks for the map it definitely helped explain things better for me anyway halfway through your video I thought I was watching two separate trains. Lol

 

[buckeyefarmer]

So they built the loop to eliminate switch backs on an old line? Thanks for the map it definitely helped explain things better for me anyway halfway through your video I thought I was watching two separate trains. Lol

That video was cool, same train going under the bridge with the tail end still going over.

 

[jjeff]

That video was cool, same train going under the bridge with the tail end still going over.

What was confusing for me anyway, it looked like the end of it was going the same direction as the engine on different grades/ lines why I initially thought there were two different trains running parallel on different grades. Your map clarified why I thought that.