Re: UP ripping out the MoPac main in Kansas
Author: Shortline Sammie
Date: 03-11-2020 - 16:17
PRR2 Wrote:
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> At abandonment of each segment, any financially
> party could have stepped in UP's place for the net
> liquidation value. Enforceable by STB if any value
> dispute.
> To my knowledge, Colorado DOT was the only one to
> do so and purchased the track in Colorado,
> eventually reselling it to V&S
Essentially the State of Colorado DOT was the middleman selling to V&S Ry which is a subsidiary of scrapper A&K Railroad Materials of Salt Lake City.
Dick Samuels