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- From: b_nbca@icarus.lbl.gov (Bruce Nordman)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: battle of the rails
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 00:44:45 GMT
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- In article <92352.211645CSS3@psuvm.psu.edu>, <CSS3@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- |> There is a potentially interesting battle shaping up in Indiana for what
- |> will happen to some track CSX wants to abandon. CSX has indicated it will
- |> soon file -- it if has not already -- to abandon about 24 miles of track
- |> between Bloomington and Bedford (former Monon).
- |>
- |> A group of railroad enthusists has organized the Lawrence County
- |> Railraod Historical Society. Their goal is to buy the track and operate a
- |> tourist railroad operation. Meanwhile in Bloomington the Monroe County parks
- |> officials have held a meeting to discuss buying the property from CSX,
- |> removing
- |> the rails and turning it into a rails to trails path. <<text deleted>>
- |>
- |> Of course, both groups need to raise funds and it is clear that
- |> both can't get what they want.
- |>
- |> The line in question is quite scenic, cutting through a number of hills
- |> and forests. << rest of text deleted >>
- |>
- |> craig sanders
- |> Penn State University (and ex-Hoosier)
-
- Why can't "both can't get what they want"?
-
- I for one wouldn't mind a historic train passing occasionally while
- walking along an old right of way. This would also allow people to
- walk one way and take the train the other. If there was a way to
- get the two groups together, it would seem to make it even easier
- to get the needed $$ together. Or am I being too optimistic?
-
- I'd certainly much rather bicycle next to a rail ROW rather than
- on a road with cars on it.
-
- Bruce Nordman
- B_Nordman@lbl.gov
-