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Re: Good By Niles Canyon Railroad?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-21-2015 - 19:49
KRK Wrote:
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> I don't think that either UPRR or ACE are going to
> go ANYWHERE if they adopt the NCRy idea !
> WHY ?? The City of Pleasanton, the Senior Housing
> NIMBY's, Bernal Road, and last, but certainly not
> least, the SP r-o-w that has developments
> constructed upon it, blocking their path !
> Would they have the power to exercise "Eminent
> Domain" and have all those developments torn down,
> in order to lay a train track ?? NO !!!
>
> KRK
According to the map included in SJRRC's proposal (there's a link to it in the next thread about this), the section of the SP line being considered extends from Niles Jct. to just east of Hearst siding, not through Pleasanton.
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> I don't think that either UPRR or ACE are going to
> go ANYWHERE if they adopt the NCRy idea !
> WHY ?? The City of Pleasanton, the Senior Housing
> NIMBY's, Bernal Road, and last, but certainly not
> least, the SP r-o-w that has developments
> constructed upon it, blocking their path !
> Would they have the power to exercise "Eminent
> Domain" and have all those developments torn down,
> in order to lay a train track ?? NO !!!
>
> KRK
According to the map included in SJRRC's proposal (there's a link to it in the next thread about this), the section of the SP line being considered extends from Niles Jct. to just east of Hearst siding, not through Pleasanton.
