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Re: Supreme Court Deals Massive Blow To Rails-to-Trails Programs
Author: Pine Junction
Date: 03-11-2014 - 20:40
Brian Wrote:
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> Bet governments won't be so quick to pull up
> abandoned tracks now.
Many times it's railroads, not governments, which pull up tracks.
Trails could still be built
> along side the tracks as long as the tracks are
> still "in use", which means rails left in place
> and probably some occasional maintainence.
Sometimes trails can be built along rail lines. Sometimes they can't. This is a bogus generalization. Who would be responsible for maintaining unused track? Why would anyone expect railroads to maintain tracks for inactive lines? State and local governments have more pressing needs.
>
> I agree with Mike on the how the rails to trails
> thing has gotten out of control. A lot of history
> has been lost thanks to the rails to trail folks.
> I know some will argue that some history has been
> saved and its true a few bridges and tunnels have
> been saved here and there
More than here and there - but in lots of places rail trails have helped to preserve railroad history.
, but a lot of railroads
> that may have survived meet an early demise too
> thanks to this program.
>
> Brian
Name three freight railroads which has been forced out of business solely due to the rails-to-trails program.
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> Bet governments won't be so quick to pull up
> abandoned tracks now.
Many times it's railroads, not governments, which pull up tracks.
Trails could still be built
> along side the tracks as long as the tracks are
> still "in use", which means rails left in place
> and probably some occasional maintainence.
Sometimes trails can be built along rail lines. Sometimes they can't. This is a bogus generalization. Who would be responsible for maintaining unused track? Why would anyone expect railroads to maintain tracks for inactive lines? State and local governments have more pressing needs.
>
> I agree with Mike on the how the rails to trails
> thing has gotten out of control. A lot of history
> has been lost thanks to the rails to trail folks.
> I know some will argue that some history has been
> saved and its true a few bridges and tunnels have
> been saved here and there
More than here and there - but in lots of places rail trails have helped to preserve railroad history.
, but a lot of railroads
> that may have survived meet an early demise too
> thanks to this program.
>
> Brian
Name three freight railroads which has been forced out of business solely due to the rails-to-trails program.
