[Talk-us] Abandoned Railroads

[Dale Puch]

Even if the tracks aren't there, the right of way may still be.  I think a
lot of places are starting to make use of the strip for exercise trails.
The strip may still be used for buried communication routes as well.  So I
would leave them until they are built over with something else like a road,
parking lot or building.

Dale

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > At what point do we remove those from the maps or should we keep them
> > there indefinitely?
> >
> 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
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