Sadly, Utterly Abandoned Railways

My Uncle Bobby was an engineer on the former Baltimore & Ohio, now known as the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. He retired several years ago, but his great love for all things train-related infected everyone in the family. It’s sad to see so many abandoned rail lines, but there’s also something innately compelling, something that draws me to these forlorn, derelict pieces of history. I feel deeply for these relics of the past and sometimes need to immerse myself in what was and is now longer.

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