First I want to say John Hill has been a big inspiration to me in some of the things I am starting to shoot. he has done tons of documenting, he has pictures of things none of us would think to shoot. so one of the things I have started to do is check the date on the rails in front of me searching for the oldest ones I could find.

I managed to find a 1920 right in my back yard, and as I type this I am in Grand Forks where I found the oldest I have ever seen 1906.
http://brahamfireman.rrpicturearchives. ... x?id=36626

does anyone else do this and what/where is the oldest rails in the twin Cities. Just one more thing for us to take a picture of when where out there.

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I'd have to dig through my hardrive to verify, but I think the siding in Northfield had 1924 track.

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I found this one in St. Cloud while dodging the National Guard with MRM


I like your thought process Matt, I tend to shoot anything rail related, depots, switches, signs, etc.

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I remember walking the tracks on the Milwaukee line to Eau Claire.
Somewhere between Wis 35 and Durand there were some pieces dated 1898!
It looked about the size of my N scale.
To anyone collecting date nails.. we found plenty of them. You can locate the rails along the Hwy. The crossing is gone, but the rails run right up to the road.

I know of one section in the metro area, still in service dated 1894.

Check the Commercial up to Fridley.

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I have found what I belive is 1899 in Warren but no longer used.

http://brahamfireman.rrpicturearchives. ... id=1354489

if I ever get back home I will check out the fridley area. oldest rail I found that is still in use I is 1905 at an Elevator but again outside the TC area.

http://brahamfireman.rrpicturearchives. ... id=1354487

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Was down taking slides in Northfield and the Cannon Falls branch had some 1899.
Out side of Owatonna on the ex-Milw. 1894 to 1920 in the same mile of track. My friend has some CGW rail stack in a field outside of Stewardville near Rochester.