Michael wrote:I know that at least some were turned into roads or trails of some kind.
Drummond Island had 30 miles of narrow gauge rail until the 1930's and all of it today is paved road or dirt road or 4 wheel trail of some kind.
MQT1223 wrote:Michael wrote:I know that at least some were turned into roads or trails of some kind.
Drummond Island had 30 miles of narrow gauge rail until the 1930's and all of it today is paved road or dirt road or 4 wheel trail of some kind.
Somewhere on here I remember seeing photos of a shay on Beaver Island...
iandt wrote:http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
I've found this site particularly helpful in tracking down old railroad grades, especially when I was trying to locate old logging lines in the Keweenaw. It's basically the same as the Google Maps approach, but you can download maps in some places as far back as 1938, when many old rail grades were far more defined and are more easily located, and then compare it to a current map of the same area to locate these tracks in relation to current roads, etc.
iandt wrote:http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
I've found this site particularly helpful in tracking down old railroad grades
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