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Worst uses of abandoned railroad property
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The worst that could happen is that it becomes nothing at all! This is the case here in upstate NY with the former Penn Central turned Conrail (parallelling the Erie Canal), then 12.7 miles of track was stripped away by Conrail from Lee Rd in Rochester to Owens Rd in Brockport. It was never considered even so much as a "rails to trails" project by the county. It's supposedly a route slated for some kind of future light rail transit (I won't hold my breath). It's unlikely it will ever happen. The ballast and bridges remain intact, however, in the meantime, the thickening foliage and finally the uplifting of the island, crossbuck signals, bungalows, etc, out of Lee Rd kind of set things into perspective around here.
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