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Re: [PHOTOS] SIRT Abandoned South Beach Branch

Posted by MainR3664 on Sat Mar 23 15:53:54 2019, in response to [PHOTOS] SIRT Abandoned South Beach Branch, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Mar 22 16:47:49 2019.

Thank you. I first heard of that line's existence in 1987, when it was reported in the advance that it was being filled in a serious way. I think up until 1987, the only part of it affirmatively destroyed was the area by the VZ toll plaza. After I read the article, I went looking for it.

Interestingly, the Virginia Road trestle lasted until early 1999! I went out to the area looking for an apartment to rent, and there it was, in pieces on the sidewalk, looking like it had been cut away within the past week or so. This was March of '99...

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