Exploring the Forgotten Adena Branch
Sherman Cahal
The abandoned Adena Branch of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway follows a former coal-hauling route through the hills of eastern Ohio.
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Tracing Wheeling’s Lost Railroad: the Wheeling Terminal Railway
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In 2016, I spent a day tracing the remnants of the former Wheeling Terminal Railway across the hills surrounding downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.
Rails to Recreation: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s Lake Branch in Geauga County
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In eastern Ohio, the story of one railroad mirrored the rise and decline of regional heavy industry. The Lake Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio once carried the materials that built the region’s economy.
Backroads and Bygone Places in Washington County
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On a snow-covered winter afternoon in Washington County, Pennsylvania, I followed rural backroads to document a handful of historic landmarks.
The Last Remnant of the Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway
Abandoned
The Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway, incorporated in 1886, once linked Ravenswood and Spencer, West Virginia.
The Rise and Fall of the Tucumcari & Memphis Line
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Rock Island’s Tucumcari–Amarillo line once linked the Midwest to the Southwest before its decline and dismantling in 1984.