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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Apr 12 11:26:27 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Apr 12 11:12:13 2009. Not to mention that "rail trail = railroad death". An abandoned ROW always has the possibility, however remote, of being restored for trains. Once it's trailed, all hope is gone. Any buff worth his salt hates that outcome.Isn't the active northern end of MNCR's Harlem Line an exception to that? To be sure, that preserved the ROW, whereas the ROW is already preserved in the case of the Wading River Branch. In this particular case, I tend to think that the branch's proximity to housing - it was abandoned before WW2 - would create huge outcry to any restoration, particularly along certain segments of the branch. Someone has already done the work of aerial mapping highlighted too, but since it would probably expand the window you are presently viewing radically, use the link. |
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