Train Rider Wrote:
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> Is it maintained just enough so it's not
> considered abandoned and people living along the
> right of way (if anyone is) or other nearby land
> owners and cities can't demand environmental
> reviews or have a valid reason for suing?
>
> Of course anyone can file a lawsuit but it would
> be harder to win if they haven't officially filed
> for abandonment.
>
> I believe there was some talk in the 80's or 90's
> of using some bond money for reviving the line for
> commuter trains to relieve congestion on Highway 4
> because of all the new housing going in.
>
> That's probably unlikely now but I thought the
> state ran a test train once when the line was in
> better shape

For 2-3 years in the early 90s, a couple of Metrolink train sets were brought to Oakland for a demonstration commuter service to coincide with "Beat the Backup Week." Generally, they ran between Oakland and Suisun, but one year (1993, I think) they also ran to/from Brentwood. Unfortunately, they ran at a time of year when the hours they traversed the Mococo Line were in darkness.