Re: Then who actually owns and conttrols the use of the Niles Canyon RoW?
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 07-02-2015 - 14:55
>Those who are in the belief that you could see a largely volunteer staffed "tourist" operation "share", even on the weekends, an operation mainline segment with UP freights or much needed ACE weekend services, is probably going to be very disappointed.
Yes.
>The FRA, the PUC, the operators involved, the agencies involved would almost certainly never allow it...and the implications of having "volunteers" qualified and certified to allow that also raises a whole slew of liability concerns.
It's more a question of what the certificate holder allows than what the FRA/PUC will, and you can bet if it's the UP, the answer will be NO! If it's ACE, I would expect the same answer because if the UP is also going to use the line, it will wield a significant influence.