Chris Guss
Reclaiming the past
LS&I's 7 Tilden is chugging upgrade between Palmer Line Junction and Eagle Mills Junction with 60 loads from Tilden Mine.
In the background is the long dormant Tracy Mine. Opened in the early 1950s and closed in the early 1970s, LS&I built a new right of way (the one the train is on) to access the underground mine via two connection tracks, one of which swung off just ahead of the lead locomotive.
Like so many other dead mines in the area, Mother Nature is slowly reclaiming what it can of the property.
Reclaiming the past
LS&I's 7 Tilden is chugging upgrade between Palmer Line Junction and Eagle Mills Junction with 60 loads from Tilden Mine.
In the background is the long dormant Tracy Mine. Opened in the early 1950s and closed in the early 1970s, LS&I built a new right of way (the one the train is on) to access the underground mine via two connection tracks, one of which swung off just ahead of the lead locomotive.
Like so many other dead mines in the area, Mother Nature is slowly reclaiming what it can of the property.