QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod Mark: What's the official status of those portions of the old Rock 'Golden West' line (don't know the right name for it) that aren't in current service? And the line over Tennessee Pass? A recent Trains article indicated that the latter was being kept by UP as an anticompetitive measure against some future Anschutz trying to compete -- seems a bit dog-in-the-manger, but unquestionable business common sense... Is there a distinct term for 'withdrawn indefinitely by choice' ?
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Abandoned is not the same thing as embargoed -- an embargo is a temporary cessation of service due to events such as floods, mudslides, washouts, or just plain lack of traffic. When a line is embargoed (and this is granted by the STB), the railroad is under no obligation to offer common-carrier service.
Quentin
QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman Mark, Do you know the staus of SPs old North Coast Route from Willits to Eureka. I think it has been sold, but I don't think it has been abondoned. I know it was a pretty penny for SP to keep the line open.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
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