[Talk-us] Abandoned Railroads

[Richard Welty]

On 5/23/10 5:26 PM, Eric Christensen wrote:
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> Just a quick question.  I'm working on updating the maps around my
> office.  "Development" has really changed the landscape around there and
> a lot of the roads are incorrect.
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> The existing maps show abandoned railroad tracks in the area.  That must
> have been some time ago as there are no traces of these tracks left.
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> At what point do we remove those from the maps or should we keep them
> there indefinitely?
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i don't think there's general agreement on that. those of us interested 
in historical
data would like to see this stuff stick around; many are not interested 
and would just
as soon it got removed.

richard