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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #10 on: April 27, 2010, 08:02:44 pm »

Hey BA
Thanks for the urls. One on the south Penn railroad I found interesting as I lived in SW PA and used to detect a railroad bed that was built in the late 1800s but the coal companies never got around to any building bridges or laying any rail!!! Never found much either...

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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #11 on: April 27, 2010, 08:44:31 pm »

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In that case, the railroad was probably the El Paso and Southwestern. If you drill down in You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://home.swbell.net/lwsumner/towns.htm 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) The line runs down along HY-9 and the Border Patrol make a real Pest of them selves down there. Expect a visit about every 30 to 60 minutes. A side arm is recommended for the legless and two legged Snakes. Down around the Palomas Area, was Gen Pershing's camp. Lots, and Lots of crap happened down there. 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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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #12 on: April 27, 2010, 10:20:48 pm »

Yeah, I don't go camping down in that region unless I'm with a large group. Too bad, it used to be a nice area, or at least the New Mexico bootheel and the area around Columbus did.

Still, if I can get enough people from my club interested in going, it might be worth the trip.

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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #13 on: May 08, 2010, 02:20:48 pm »

Thanks for the link to Pacific Northwest rails. An excellent lead to help me get started up here in WA state.

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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #14 on: May 12, 2010, 02:00:36 pm »

Thanks BA. I knew about an old railroad that was here, but never thought much about it until I read your post. They tore it out in 1938. We figured out where a spur ran off it, then went to detecting around the spur. We found old nails, ox shoes, horse shoes, some old mill balls, and about a ton of wire. Nothing of great interest but fun all the same. Your lead helped me have a great day of detecting thanks.

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	Re: Abandoned Railroads « Reply #15 on: May 12, 2010, 03:17:04 pm »

Glad you got an enjoyable day's hunt out of it.....you never can tell what you'll find when you search where others don't. Sounds like typical finds for a short spur, but then again anyplace people are bending and stretching and doing the kind of work associated with railroading you've got the possibility of lost coins, key fobs, buttons, etc.

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