Hi, I hope this isn't too far out of the scope of the list: it *is* an abandoned rail line, but in Canada, not the US. I've done a photodocumentary of the...
Glad you enjoyed it! It was very interesting to walk along the line, there were many times when old childhood memories rushed to the surface, sometimes...
Dear Frank, All in all, I feel the same way with the "old" M-K-T, and the Cotton Belt that was the St Louis Southwestern. Today, a county road uses a small...
... Florida's RRs ... available ... on ... Cedar ... quite ... Cedar key ... was ... Tallahassee RR ... using ... it ... rails in ... destroyed ... This ... ...
Frank - your wonderful story and photos of the BREC line was great! It reminded me of tromping about more than one weed-infested former siding and other right...
Thanks for the kind words - I'm glad you enjoyed it! Walking down the line brought back many childhood memories, some amazingly vivid despite having been in...
Dear Group, In a few posts back, I mentioned about abandoned right of ways in the Central Texas region. I'm sure the elderly remember back when they were kids...
What a fine dream! I had to laugh, since in the German version of this movie they speeded the Delorian up to 240 km per hour, about the double than the 88 mph....
Just had to react to your "Back to the Future" segment...Had me chuckling and (almost) teary over the approach...Is there a true "abandonment-chaser" fan out...
In response to Samuel Rachdi's question about timetables for this route - this is an old Reading (pronounced 'Redding') RR route, so maybe a fan from their...
Dear Group, Hello, I'm Micha'el, and I'm an abandonment chaser. "Hi Micha'el" ok let's clear the air. :-) When I see a mound of dirt, neatly peaked and in a...
Thank you Mike I have a 1948 Official Guide which indicates Winterthur DE in the station list, but the line was even then freight only, so passenger traffica...
Businesses resist railroad's efforts to reclaim land Property alongside tracks is in dispute Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, The Charlotte Observer For Concord...
This is interesting. I wonder how the title insurance for these property owners would be interpreted. But then, the cost of pursuing that avenue would be...
Interesting, indeed. At least in NC the state is doing good and positive things with the railways like expanding freight and pax services, unlike here, where ...
Members of the group, those who know me know that I am an attorney, and one of the areas of practice is real estate law. I am also a railroad maniac, but I...
Thanks for your notes. Caveat Emptor. I'm supposing that in the Concord case, the tracks were removed since the building was built over the ROW. Sometimes the...
Has anyone litigated this issue? If so, what was the outcome? Joe B. Carolynn <clsegers@...> wrote: Thanks for your notes. Caveat Emptor. I'm supposing...
... Just so everyone knows, this is the main north south line of the Norfolk Southern railroad. Much of it is double tracked through Kannapolis and most of...
As the old saying goes, rules oftentimes protect people from themselves. In most areas these days, local land development regulations would not have allowed a...
Carolyn, in my post about the garage on the old right-of-way in Concord, you are talking about in this post the very areas where I lived for several years...
Richard Living in the area I know the areas you are talking about. If you came back you would probably have a hard time recognizing Cooks Crossroads. Here's...
I know that the Pacific Electric Railway always created a 100 foot wide right of way; so that they could add a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th track if needed. Over the...
Hello, Group; There has been a long tradition in property law that requires you to "defend" your property if you do not want it declared abandoned. This...
Group, this doctrine in the law is called either prescription or advese possession. The possession must be uninterrupted, continuous possession with some color...
While in CA the law has been changed, in the 1980's a friend owned property on three sides of an absentee owners 5 acres. There was a dirt road in front. The...
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