Train tracks still run through the place where Anita, Indiana, was located. They are now used by the Indiana Rail Road. Google Maps has labeled a random, lonely field just west of Trafalgar “Anita.” ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

Arlyn Colby’s interest in railroad history has culminated in his third book about local abandoned railroads, “The Chippewa Valley Line,” the story of the Chippewa Valley and Superior Railway.

Since 2001, when he stumbled into it, Haley has tracked down abandoned railroad tunnels in Pennsylvania. He s found 48 so far, mostly in what turn out to be special places off the beaten path. And he ...