+CYBret Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 A great number of the benchmarks in our area are supposedly along the old railroad. Unforunately the railroad is gone (it's now either farmland or a never-completed/illegal-to-access bikepath). If the benchmarks were actually ON the railroad, they have to be gone--removed or plowed under. But, if they're along the side closest to the road, there might be a few left out there. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Were they really there for you or not? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Team Grayrun Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 I've been looking for a benchmark that's supposed to be on the abutment of a railroad bridge. Unfortunately, the bridge isn't where it's supposed to be (or anywhere nearby, as far as I can tell.) Gary // Team Grayrun Heard in a bookstore coffee shop: "They don't have regular coffee. Whaddya want, French Roast or Peruvian?" Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 I've seen several that say the marker is xx feet south of the centerline of the road, but since the road was widened a few years ago, xx feet south of the centerline is now the middle of the right east-bound lane. There seems to be a correlation between the date of the last logged find and the probability the marker still exists. Quote Link to comment
+rdw Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 A few months ago, I looked for a series of markers that were alongside and described from railroad tracks. The tracks were gone and it is now a hiking/horse trail. I looked for 4 or 5 of the markers and found none. On the other hand, several miles out the other side of town, I found a few markers that were on the same right-of-way. One was a spike in a small railway bridge. So...they probably aren't there, but there is still a chance. In the last few days, I have found several that have apparently fallen victim to road widening. And most of them were placed in 1981. rdw Quote Link to comment
+Bluespreacher Posted June 9, 2002 Share Posted June 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret: A great number of the benchmarks in our area are supposedly along the old railroad. Unforunately the railroad is gone (it's now either farmland or a never-completed/illegal-to-access bikepath). If the benchmarks were actually ON the railroad, they have to be gone--removed or plowed under. But, if they're along the side closest to the road, there might be a few left out there. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Were they really there for you or not? Thanks! That is so similar to my experience the other day. I was looking for my first Benchmark and it was located relative to a now non-existing RR. The bed wasn't even there. Just fields. I checked around on the bridgework that the BM was supposed to be on, but nothing. Kind of a drag, but that just may be the way it works for more obscure BM's. BTW, this one had not been logged since 1947. Lots of changes since then! Bluespreacher Quote Link to comment
+Bluespreacher Posted June 9, 2002 Share Posted June 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret: A great number of the benchmarks in our area are supposedly along the old railroad. Unforunately the railroad is gone (it's now either farmland or a never-completed/illegal-to-access bikepath). If the benchmarks were actually ON the railroad, they have to be gone--removed or plowed under. But, if they're along the side closest to the road, there might be a few left out there. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Were they really there for you or not? Thanks! That is so similar to my experience the other day. I was looking for my first Benchmark and it was located relative to a now non-existing RR. The bed wasn't even there. Just fields. I checked around on the bridgework that the BM was supposed to be on, but nothing. Kind of a drag, but that just may be the way it works for more obscure BM's. BTW, this one had not been logged since 1947. Lots of changes since then! Bluespreacher Quote Link to comment
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