[Talk-us] Abandoned Railroads

[Eric Christensen]

Dale,
Most of these tracks now have buildings and parking lots over them.  No
trails here.  :(

--Eric

On 05/23/2010 08:54 PM, Dale Puch wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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