Abandoned Rails Over Highway

This short exploration video contains an abandoned railway line stuck between two properties abutting a major highway in the northeast. The line crosses three city street blocks on one side and one street block situated over a river into another neighborhood. You can almost say that the train line divides the poor from the rich. I wish I could have crossed it without causing unwanted attention from the highway patrol. Maybe I will cross it one night sometime later in the year when no one is around.

A short but satisfying exploration involving two abandoned properties and a rail line.

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🛤️ Know this line?

Do you know which railroad ran this stretch, when the last train crossed it, and what the bridge over the river carried? Timetables, track charts, right-of-way maps and photographs from the working years would all help, and so would anything on whether the line is formally abandoned or just dormant. Full credit given to all contributors.

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📍 An out-of-service rail line in the northeast, running between two abandoned properties beside a major highway and crossing a river into the next neighborhood.