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Author:  p51 [ Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:46 am ]
Post subject:  Abandoned Paris railroad tracks

I had no idea you could find something like this in Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaL1jVBwkM

Author:  philip.marshall [ Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Abandoned Paris railroad tracks

Beautiful.

It reminds me of the LIRR Rockaway Beach branch in Queens, NYC -- unused since the 1960s but with the rails still in place (my understanding is that the line was never formally abandoned), and now an eery corridor of greenery through the middle of the city.

-Philip Marshall

Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Abandoned Paris railroad tracks

See also:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24655733

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemin_de_ ... e_Ceinture

1991 steam excursion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ21EaaTqS8

2012 rolling stock movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWNTibexCk0

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