Murphy Siding What happened when one of the railroads abandonded their track or went bankrupt?
"Bankrupt" is open to broad interpretation. Often it was a strategic tool towards another end, So I guess you mean final liquidation type bankruptcy? The reason why I ask is that it's not unthinkable that the solvent railroad might buy the bankrupt line and replace the diamond with a switch if there is potential to originate traffic on the line, making it into a feeder branch?
If I understand it right, when a railroad crossed another existing line, the 2nd railroad was responsible for upkeep of the crossing? What happened when one of the railroads abandonded their track or went bankrupt?
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