IronTiger Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 US-59 and Westpark Tollway took up the old right-of-way of the Texas & New Orleans Company (T&NO) Railroad. I've seen it on AbandonedRails.com that a segment was dismantled in summer 2001. When were the segments of the Texas & New Orleans railroad abandoned and dismantled? I know at least the segment between the UP line that parallels the west segment of 610 was dismantled in 2001, possibly both ends. But even by 2000, the line only ended a little past Edloe Street. According to the 1989 aerial, it got at least to Banks Street, past Kirby (by the way, the Kirby patch is still visible, so it hasn't been repaved in at least 15 years). In the 1950s, it went all the way downtown. I'd like a know a few things: when was it abandoned across Kirby, and did it ever cross the UP line instead of the UP line bisecting it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 The rail line served Stahlmans Lumber at Sheperd before it was abandoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Cool. What was the intersection of Edloe and Westpark like? The railroad crossed right through the middle of the intersection, but given its status by the time the intersection opened, it was a spur, but it could've been a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Cool. What was the intersection of Edloe and Westpark like? The railroad crossed right through the middle of the intersection, but given its status by the time the intersection opened, it was a spur, but it could've been a problem...There really was no "intersection" at Edloe early on. This was the point where Westpark (Alief Rd.)crossed over the tracks from the north side to the south side. Edloe did not even intersect with Bissonett until somtime in the late 70's when "The Summit" was built and Cresent lobbied for the Edloe overpass at 59. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 There really was no "intersection" at Edloe early on. This was the point where Westpark (Alief Rd.) crossed over the tracks from the north side to the south side. Edloe did not even intersect with Bissonett until somtime in the late 70's when "The Summit" was built and Cresent lobbied for the Edloe overpass at 59.Right, according to my Google Earth research, there wasn't an intersection there until much later. But there was still traffic at that point. By 2001, however, there were no usable spurs on the line east of the UP main, yet the rail line was still intact (http://www.abandonedrails.com/resources/pictures/ngxf0o1o.jpg). This makes that railroad crossing at Edloe and Westpark basically defunct.It looks like by 1995, the line went just about up to Wakeforest (but not crossing it) and by the late 1980s, ended shortly after Hazard. Anything after that was demolished by the 59 construction.Here's another mystery: why'd they leave the railroad crossings intact when they closed a road? Was there some regulation that prevented their dismantling during the railroad's active time? (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8TYf0wRmZ_o/TZ4bPpRmozI/AAAAAAAAAx4/ibETaAybZgY/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-04-07%2Bat%2B3.00.32%2BPM.png) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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