Well, I would put it the other way around. The BM&E was created by the citizens of Beaver in 1912 after the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway (WF&NW), a subsidiary of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT), declined to build to their locale. It was way out in the Oklahoma pan handle and the WF&NW stopped building at Forgan after going well east of Beaver. After the BM&E had constructed 105 miles of track by 1930, the ATSF, Rock Island and the Katy were interested in buying it. After some jockeying around the BM&E became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the MKT on July 1, 1931. Thus the BM&E became part of the Northwest District of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad. The old BM&E rails were abandoned by 1973. The photo was near Duke which was a branch of the WF&NW that headed west out of Altus, Oklahoma to Wellington, Texas in the pan handle of that state. The major part of the line went from Newcastle, Texas through Wichita Falls, Altus, Oklahoma on up to Forgan, OK in that pan handle. Forgan is where the BM&E originally connected to the WR&NW in 1913. However the Katy was not interested in buying it at that time.
I just looked Lindau up - very pleasant little village on an island in Lake Constance. Very nice architecture there. Interesting to note that just the rail terminal takes up a good ten percent of the island!
From December 1984, some of the old Western Railway of Alabama shop buildings at Montgomery, AL. There's been talk for decades about renovating these and revitalizing the area, but nothing has come of it.
Your sunrise AND sunset pics never get old @HemiAdda2d !! Ever thought about publishing a coffee table book?! I'd buy it!
Now that's one heck of a good idea! I don't tire of your photography either, @HemiAdda2d ! It's a real treat.
Reaching land after crossing Rigolets Pass, Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana on CSX (ex-L&N) NO&M Division, July 1996.
Remains of the PRR's Belvidere-Delaware Division in July 1980 after it being removed by Conrail. Completed in 1855, it was once an important line running far north from Trenton along the Delaware River. A portion on the northern end may be in operation today.
At Lévis, Québec, across the Saint Lawrence from Québec City, some very old and long abandoned rails that were witnesses to a more busy time here: Most likely was part of the Intercolonial Railway, or the Québec Central, pre-WW1. One could have fun doing an archaeological dig here! This was on a trip I did way back in 2008, about a year after I bought my then new Pentax K100D DSLR...
