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Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment
Author: D. B. Arthur
Date: 08-08-2022 - 16:32

Peter D. Wrote:
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> Does U.P. still own the right of way, or by giving up on the infrastructure they default on the property?

Generally, I think if the railroad is abandoned, and the right-of-way is not preserved in the form of a rail trail, it is handed off to the surrounding land owners and they can do with it what they wish. If MP or UP buried a fiber optic cable underground, they probably retain rights to that and a consideration is made for that. In this aerial photo west of McCracken, it looks like a farmer has been doing his best to erase the railroad right-of-way:

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  Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment D. B. Arthur 08-07-2022 - 23:02
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment Peter D. 08-08-2022 - 09:39
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment D. B. Arthur 08-08-2022 - 16:32
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment Peter D. 08-08-2022 - 18:20
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment D. B. Arthur 08-08-2022 - 19:04
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval - One-hundred Thirteenth Installment Peter D. 08-08-2022 - 22:48


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