kaw4014
Member
I decided to follow the old transcontinental RR using the website JCitron found. (why do I feel like using this site is cheating?)
It starts at the end of this industry spur:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1466355,-95.9514387,201m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then it ducks under a current rail line where the abandoned line has a weird tunnel under the bridge but it doesn't need a tunnel, its weird.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.183...4!1s8BBwFcl6s0tM3tw3ZCpw2w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Then it joins up with this industry:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2132976,-96.1288742,339m/data=!3m1!1e3
After that there is a spur that is imperceptible and less than a mile long which I won't mention.
Then, there is this re-alignment in Cheyenne
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1372952,-104.7310134,629m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is this re-routing between Cheyenne and Laramie.
The old line follows the highway.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1211229,-105.2894868,905m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then, it survives as Ironhorse RD
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1374369,-105.3575707,482m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then it goes over this big bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1038855,-105.454778,256m/data=!3m1!1e3
And there is this beutiful photosphere of the bridge in the winter
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.103...no-pi-0-ya7.7492313-ro-0-fo100!7i11264!8i5632
Then it goes through this narrow canyon in another really cool photoshpere.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.097...o-pi-10-ya118.000015-ro0-fo100!7i11264!8i5632
Then it joins back up here
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1085904,-105.507829,832m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is another re-alignment here, it splits down the line and re-joins up the line, but the only interesting part is where the old ROW goes right next to the highway.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.662...4!1s4QHqE3WM6jYSbkIvp8hyow!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
It's the big bulge
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6620092,-105.7932995,978m/data=!3m1!1e3
Abandoned turntable in Evanston, with 3 50-tonners
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.272...k-no-pi-0-ya216.68193-ro0-fo100!7i6720!8i3360
There is this "Big Fill" on a re-route
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.640...-no-pi-0-ya102.76054-ro-0-fo100!7i9300!8i4650
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https://www.google.com/maps/@41.640...-no-pi-0-ya102.76054-ro-0-fo100!7i9300!8i4650
The old ROW went by this big arch
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.628...-no-pi-0-ya112.48941-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
Then it goes through another narrow canyon
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.627...k-no-pi-0-ya266.88464-ro0-fo100!7i4000!8i2000
I stumbled upoun the Golden Spike Monument
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.618...k-no-pi0-ya310.81293-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
The engine house
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.619...k-no-pi-0-ya223.58789-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
It starts at the end of this industry spur:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1466355,-95.9514387,201m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then it ducks under a current rail line where the abandoned line has a weird tunnel under the bridge but it doesn't need a tunnel, its weird.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.183...4!1s8BBwFcl6s0tM3tw3ZCpw2w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Then it joins up with this industry:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2132976,-96.1288742,339m/data=!3m1!1e3
After that there is a spur that is imperceptible and less than a mile long which I won't mention.
Then, there is this re-alignment in Cheyenne
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1372952,-104.7310134,629m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is this re-routing between Cheyenne and Laramie.
The old line follows the highway.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1211229,-105.2894868,905m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then, it survives as Ironhorse RD
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1374369,-105.3575707,482m/data=!3m1!1e3
Then it goes over this big bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1038855,-105.454778,256m/data=!3m1!1e3
And there is this beutiful photosphere of the bridge in the winter
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.103...no-pi-0-ya7.7492313-ro-0-fo100!7i11264!8i5632
Then it goes through this narrow canyon in another really cool photoshpere.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.097...o-pi-10-ya118.000015-ro0-fo100!7i11264!8i5632
Then it joins back up here
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1085904,-105.507829,832m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is another re-alignment here, it splits down the line and re-joins up the line, but the only interesting part is where the old ROW goes right next to the highway.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.662...4!1s4QHqE3WM6jYSbkIvp8hyow!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
It's the big bulge
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6620092,-105.7932995,978m/data=!3m1!1e3
Abandoned turntable in Evanston, with 3 50-tonners
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.272...k-no-pi-0-ya216.68193-ro0-fo100!7i6720!8i3360
There is this "Big Fill" on a re-route
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.640...-no-pi-0-ya102.76054-ro-0-fo100!7i9300!8i4650
-
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.640...-no-pi-0-ya102.76054-ro-0-fo100!7i9300!8i4650
The old ROW went by this big arch
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.628...-no-pi-0-ya112.48941-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
Then it goes through another narrow canyon
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.627...k-no-pi-0-ya266.88464-ro0-fo100!7i4000!8i2000
I stumbled upoun the Golden Spike Monument
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.618...k-no-pi0-ya310.81293-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
The engine house
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.619...k-no-pi-0-ya223.58789-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352