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New oil find in Sevier County Utah; status of proposed rail link
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Update: To answer my own questions, I found this information: <br /> <br />Estimated cost to rebuild Marysville branch connection to realigned D&RGW at Thistle - $15 million in 1983 dollars. <br /> <br />Ruling grades on Marysville branch - 1.5% <br /> <br />Estimated cost to build new Levan to Salida line - $75 million + <br /> <br />So, it appears that it would have been less expensive to rebuild the connection to the Marysville branch at Thistle than it will be to build the new connection from Levan. This is the gist of the argument, that mothballing even branchlines that have been cut off from their initial mainline connection (with the thought of reconnecting to the mainline in the future) makes more sense than building new lines from scratch. Preserving infrastructure is multiples more important than preserving old buildings.
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