Unused railroad lines

[Anonymous]

Hello guys.
Can you help me on a problem I have? The problem is the following: I hae to write an essay on what to do with closed railroad lines. I have some articles about German examples, but I wanted to know, if there are some interesting stategies in America that for example attract tourists.

[waltersrails]

Turn them into walking trails. I'd rather rebuild them my self.

[Anonymous]

The message above is a good one. Let me suggest that you use a search engine to find the "Rails-to-Trails Conservancy." They've been at the job for several decades and have amassed much data on abandoned rights-of-way. Your local library may even have some of the guides in book form that RtT has published. RtT also issues a magazine several times a year. Good luck w/ your paper (from a 40-year veteran of the college English classroom).

[cstaats]

Some great information on Rail Banking and as previously stated rail to trails.
http://www.railtrails.org/whatwedo/policy/railbanking.asp

[Anonymous]

If you would like to know about abandoned lines in the U.S. Check this link out.
http://www.abandonedrailroads.com/

Larry

[Anonymous]

Repair and replace the tracks to make commuter train only lines.

The Rock Island lines in the Central U.S.A. have been embargoed and abandoned, but this is a shame since they could be rebuilt to host trains that serve many commuters.

Andrew F.

[Anonymous]

Highly-Elevated Parallel Monorail Lines over the old Right-of-Way is how to solve many problems in one swoop.

Monorails over the abanadoned physical plant means less people are driving repetitive routes from the Suburbs to the Shopping Centers and Offices.

Andrew F.

[selector]

The Trans-Canada Trail, now essentially complete, uses abandoned rights of way extensively. Close to where I live, it had to detour around the abandoned, but still mighty Kinsol Testle, the highest in North America at one point. The trestle bridges the Koksilah River (pronounced - coke-SIGH- lah), and was originally constructed to serve the King Solomon copper min in the Cowichan Valley, beginning in 1910.

[pat390]

wow that is one of the biggest wooden bridges i have ever seen. I can only imagine how it looked with big steam thundering across it