Re: The Secret N G. - All above is BS

Look, it would seem to me that folks are going about this backwards. All the available evidence from usual sources shows the rails came up in 1941 / 1942. So the people who should be trying to turn up the newspaper accounts and photos are the ones trying to disprove what has been reported.
No one has answered my question about the detail of coverage of the RGS dismantling or the scrapping of other lines by the local newspapers. Instead of calling it "BS," might I suggest that the folks trying to prove the secret survival of the track could show a bit more initiative and find something more concrete to support their theory. Mr. Grandt is correct, the area newspapers are available on microfilm. I suspect that the researcher is going to find there was minimal coverage of the scrapping process.
Why do I say this? Because it would be typical of what seems to be the case with other railroad abandonments. Also note that the records of the scrapping comapny would not necessarily have been preserved. Businesses often have records management programs to provide for the timely destruction of records following the expiration of their needs for legal and accounting purposes. Even the ICC weeded records heavily, as did most federal agencies in the 1950's.
I won't say a diligent person won't find anything interesting. I thinkwe could add more to our understanding of the line's history. But I do not think we are going to find anything to substantiate the theory that some portion of the narrow gauge survived to help with the Manhattan project.
Charlie Mutschler
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