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Whats the shortest "shortline"?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, May 22, 2009 1:32 PM

   Our city has The Ellis & Eastern.  It runs about 3 to 4 miles.  I would bet the shortest shortline is under a mile.

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Posted by Ulrich on Friday, May 22, 2009 1:04 PM

I going to nominate the Guelph Junction Railway which is a 10 mile piece of track that used to belong to Canadian Pacific and which is now owned by the town of Guelph. Back about ten years ago they were looking for a General Manager, and I applied for the position. I was rejected because I do not have an MBA and the railroad experience they were looking for. Then as now...I have to wonder why one would need an MBA to run a 10 mile railroad.

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Whats the shortest "shortline"?
Posted by Boyd on Friday, May 22, 2009 11:54 AM

 Since we are talking about shortlines,,,, I thought I would ask this one.

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