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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 8 years ago

Who now owns or controls abandoned railroad lines in the U.S?

The grade and the tracks.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    if the property which was annexed has the same familial ownership its supposed to go back to the owners.

    many family farmers are attempting to reclaim the railroad sidings abandoned.

  • 8 years ago

    As long as they pay the property taxes then the real estate does not change hands because the track is no longer being used.

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