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One critical question would be whether there is currently a non-rail use of that ROW, for which CSX is deriving revenue. Examples would be buried fiber optic lines or a pipeline. With the direction the nation's industrial base is going, there would seem to be little need for CSX to keep the ROW to p...

So now the lawyers can argue whether Conrail transferred that liability to CSX with the property, or if there was somehow some clause retaining that issue for CR, or if somehow it's the state's problem after all. Face it - if there was a simple, black-and-white answer. it would have been decided by ...

Agreed. At the time they severed the line, both Kodak and Rochester Gas & Electric were still receiving coal. They may have been concerned that if the entire line was ever sold, it could provide access to Rochester for Norfolk Southern or whoever. By removing the segment with no on-line customer...

“It’s a victory for the Colorado River and nearby communities that would be threatened by oil train accidents and spills, and for residents of the Gulf Coast, where billions of gallons of oil would be refined,” said Ted Zukoski, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, one of several gro...

NPR link in the above post no longer valid, but an interesting written article here:

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com ... t-show-up/

NOTHING new on any of the LA&L family in almost a year? Or are the forum contributors on strike?

The very patient lady who has put up with me for many years would REALLY like to reclaim some of the basement, which has me pawing through boxes holding stuff long forgotten that I have. :P I have some paperwork on the Sodus Point coal dock which has not been sorted or evaluated yet, but when ready ...

It's possible to pull a brake cord violently enough to break the valve and make it impossible to reset. You have to exert a reasonable amount of downward force to pull it to begin with, but don't underestimate the strength of the crackheads and EDPs they got running around the system.. That would s...

I see this has some new info, so we know SOME of the rest of the story. While not directly responsible for the collision, I have a couple questions for those familiar with the equipment. Does pulling the emergency cord trigger an airbrake action, an electric action, or both? Or is the braking all el...

An excursion could pull west across the bridge and then shove east to unload, providing a grand finale at the return.

If CSX was not liable to remove those unused railroad bridges, I don't see how they are liable to repair a NY State roadway bridge over a roadbed CSX likely no longer owns. See nydepot's post above - looks like a subsidiary of CSX does still own the ROW. Gillette Rd is on pretty high ground over th...

I know nothing about the owner and his plans, nor the floor plan. If I were doing it I'd look for a full-time tenant(s) in part of the place, and keep part of it for excursion patrons. There have been ventures combining a full-time restaurant with dinner trains or excursions for example. The project...

videobruce wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:39 am It looks like it surely needs far more than $250k to bring it back.

Practices vary from one line to another, there IS a document called a "profile" which shows grades, curves, bridges, and various other things. However those are more often used by Maintenance of Way forces. Some lines do make these available to transportation crews. Engineers must be quali...

It can be any distance. It's the ratio of rise (or drop) in a given distance. If you measure out 100 feet, and one end is 2 feet higher, that has a 2% grade. If it rises 52.8 feet in a mile, that's a 1% grade. I don't know what your definition of " a lot" is, but I can tell you I have ridd...