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The Suwon – Inchon narrow gauge line: The line within Suwon city

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:55:53 +0000

The shortest stretch of the SuIn line was inside Suwon city. This ran from the Suwon railway station to the south, after which it would run up a ramp to cross both a main street and the main (standard gauge) railway line. The only remaining part of this part of the line, the part on […]

Armchair travelling along the Nantucket Railroad

Ivo Spanjersberg — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:56:11 +0000

A lot of railways disappeared before 1940, but some disappeared much earlier than that and most of the time without leaving a trace. Looking at recent topographical maps one can see lots of stretches of former railways, but that’s most of the time a recent, standard gauge line through relatively flat country, where the railway […]

The Seward Peninsula Railroad on USGS maps

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:58:13 +0000

A few years ago I discovered pretty much by accident that NASA World Wind was showing an older series of topographical maps by the USGS through its map server. All of a sudden I discovered abandoned railways all over the US on these maps. One of those railways was the Seward Peninsula Railroad, a line […]

American Narrow Gauge Railroads: simply epic!

Ivo Spanjersberg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:59:51 +0000

If being a railfan is somewhat more eccentric today than it was yesterday, narrow gauge railfanning must be even more eccentric. And like any eccentric hobby, this specific form of railfanning has a diehard following, with people spending a lot of time, energy and money on it. If you’re into this hobby you will know […]