Lord Atmo Man.... first Mayo's whinefest with DME and now this mess with CN. Is it ever gonna end? Railroads are hurting enough thanks to a poor economy as it is. So this is just what they need! NIMBYs making things worse!
Railroads are hurting enough thanks to a poor economy as it is. So this is just what they need! NIMBYs making things worse!
End ??? This kind of thing has been going on since Day 1 of the railroad business.
There's a famous old poster from the Philadelphia area (or maybe NJ or Baltimore) from back around 1830 objecting to a proposed railroad that ends in huge typeface something like this:
"RALLY PEOPLE In The MAJESTY Of Your STRENGTH And FORBID THIS OUTRAGE"
If I can find a link to an image of it on-line someplace, I'll post it.
Here, Barrington is essentially free to build any and as many bridges as it wants over the EJ&E line. All they have to do is keep the underside of the bridge at or above around 25 to 30 ft. above top of rail, and keep all of the piers and abutments outside of the railroad's R-O-W. As long as they do that, I'm sure CN wouldn't object to the minor air rights encroachment/ taking - might even allow them to use a little bit of the R-O-W for a bridge. It can even be built without much interference to the railroad - just a flagman for those days when the main pieces of the bridge deck are being lifted into place. Happens all the time, esp. over Interstate highways. What's the big deal - besides $$$ x $$$, that is ?
- Paul North.
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