Tuesday, February 26, 2008

NYSW Abandonment?

NYSW filed a notice of abandonment for the NYSW railroad portion in Madison and Chenango Counties in September of 2006. http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/7ea069ce3bbeac2e852573fa000602da/d98a7e7778db57e78525722c00638889/$FILE/218107.PDF

"In accordance with the regulations of the Surface Transportation Board at 49 C.F.R. Part 1152, the following is a description of the lines of railroad, as classified and depicted on the abovemap, which The New York, Susquehanna and Western.Railway Corporation anticipates will be the subject of an abandonment or discontinuance application to be filed within three years(Category 1):"

There doesn't appear to be any mention of this in the NYRI Application (although I haven't read through everything). How can you use the railroad to haul all the materials to build the project if it's abandoned? Who would take over the railroad, and who would maintain it?

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