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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken (1) IF you're dumb enough to put your faith in a tax map/ assessor map to determine ownership then you can deal with the theft charges. Tax maps are not accurate, especially when dealing with railroads. Surveyors know that that at best, what you have is a rough approximation. There are county assessors in Missouri and Colorado, that I am aware of, that have injunctions on them after fraudulently selling railroad parcels at Sheriff's tax sales for supposed failure to pay taxes. (in both cases, a state auditor proved the counties wrong and the counties now know where some of their state distribution funds come from)....Rule of thumb, railroad maps and tax maps frequently disagree with each other and now with GIS, the problem has gotten markedly WORSE. Courtesy of the 1903 Elkins Act, you usually find who owns, operates and maintains a track in a license agreement between a railroad and an industry. These documents rarely show up in a courthouse. These documents do NOT "run with the land" (transfer from owner to owner without signature and acceptance of the document)...If you can find an adjoinining owner to the railroad that will sign a release or bill of sale, go get the lock. Otherwise, LEAVE IT ALONE. If the track is still connectected to another track that is still in service - LEAVE IT ALONE! You are tampering with a safety device and subject to federal charges. (Anyone remember DM&E at Brookings, SD two years ago?, a conductor died....) Mudchicken[banghead] [/quote]
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