Re: ex-Tidewater Southern Trackage
Author: Bob
Date: 08-26-2010 - 21:41
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Bob Wrote:
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> > Thanks for posting that. I didn't know that
> they
> > had filed for abandonment for that portion of
> the
> > line. Sad to see another part of the TS go
> away.
>
> I think I vaguely recall being told that this
> portion will sooner or later become a hiking
> trail/bike path similar to the previously
> abandoned McHenry to Modesto section.
>
> I'm kind of surprised UP hasn't (yet) shortlined
> the remaining portion from Ortega to Escalon.
I guess there still must be some decent traffic from Escalon Packers and Eckerts Cold Storage there in Escalon.