Train Archives - History in Your Own Backyard

Built in 1911 this tunnel is about 153 feet long and goes under the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway. A small creek flows right through the tunnel! To see a video of me walking throug…[View More]

Tunnel Creek Railroad Viaduct, Kings Mountain, Kentucky

First constructed in 1877 this viaduct is also known as the “Green River Trestle” or the “South Fork Trestle”. When it was originally constructed it was made out of iron with stone support pie…[View More]

The Abandoned Stone Arch Railroad Culvert, Guilford, Indiana

This beautiful stone culvert is said to have been built in 1864 when a rail line was built down here through Bonnell and Guilford, Indiana. Apparently there were several different lines built in this …[View More]

Abandoned Fox Run Railroad Bridge Abutment, Guilford, Indiana

Traveling west on Bonnell Road right after you pass Fox Road on your right, you’ll pass over a stream called “Fox Run”. As you cross Fox Run, look to your left and you’ll see t…[View More]

Greenville Creek Railroad Bridge. Greenville, Ohio

Built in 1918 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio this Pratt through truss bridge spans Greenville Creek on the west side of Greenville, Ohio. This was originally part of the New York…[View More]

Abandoned Boyd Creek Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, Pikeville, Ohio

The Abandoned Boyd Creek Railroad Bridge is about all that remains of the once mighty Pennsylvania Railroad that ran from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago and known as the Columbus to Chicago Main Line. It�…[View More]

The Abandoned Spainhower Railroad Tunnel

The Spainhower Tunnel is on the Rowland Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which operated from 1868 to 1934. The branch extended from Fort Estill just south of Richmond, Kentucky, to Lan…[View More]

The Abandoned Point Leavell Railroad Tunnel, Hyattsville, Kentucky

Point Leavell was a station on the Rowland Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which operated from 1868 to 1934. The branch extended from Fort Estill just south of Richmond, Kentucky, to …[View More]

Big Darby Railroad Bridge, Harrisburg, Ohio

Just south of Harrisburg, Ohio is a massive Railroad Trestle measuring about 750 feet long and rises about 50 feet above the ground. The trestle sits on 12 concrete piers not counting the abutments at…[View More]

The Abandoned Cicero Creek Railroad Bridge, Noblesville, Indiana

This bridge was built in 1893 by the Union Bridge Company of Buffalo New York and Athens, Pennsylvania and was eventually used by the Central Indiana Railway Company. The single span steel through tru…[View More]

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