Re:National Rail Network Map
by nerdponx on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:11AM
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The northeast US is also dense with abandoned lines that can never be rebuilt. I assume they are not on the map because they've been built on top of or otherwise completely ripped up.
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Rails to trails is actually a (somewhat subversive) way for rail right-of-way to be legally preserved.
From a practical/political standpoint, it'll be interesting to see the backlash when a railroad attempts to start exercising its right to reclaim some of these properties, which are largely and falsely believed to have become community property.
Re:National Rail Network Map
by flyinghamster on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:13AM
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Also, on OpenRailwayMap some abandoned lines only show up at very close zoom levels. I see a lot of that in Illinois.