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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G I am a firm believer that all railroad ROWs should be preserved, if not for the RR then at least for a linear park or bike trail (but preferrably a railroad). Once linear space like that is gone, it reverts back to original owners and ensuing development will effectually kill any chance of that space ever opening up again. Chances are, the railroad was built when there were a lot more wide-open spaces in this country. With each abandonment, that linear open space disappears. A real shame. [/quote] Anyone with a future need for that land can always negotiate a fair price with the reverted landowner, just like the railroad originally had to. Of course, market conditions won't make that cheap, but that is just business. Keeping that land vacant with no one paying property tax year after year just because someone MIGHT want to build a rail road some day, seems a little foolish as well. Especially when there is a farmer or other entity involved, who can put the land to good use, after re-aquiring. Contemplate if you will, a large wheat farmer who sold an easement across his field, bisecting it in two because the RR wanted it that way.. After many years the line is abandoned, a scrapper buys the rail, and the land just sits. Why SHOULDN'T the farmer make his farm whole again?
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