[Talk-us] Railway spur

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Fri Nov 7 19:27:19 GMT 2008


Alex Mauer writes:
 > Of course, it doesn't help that most (all?) rail lines are posted no
 > trespassing...

Mmmmm, no, more than that.  Often a state will have a law that says
"posted or not, no trespassing on railroads."  The problem is that
it's simply NOT possible to physically keep people off railroads, and
the result of a trespassing accident is often fatal.  Thus the special
law.

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