Rails to Trails

[Joe Cummings]

Does it bother you as much as it bothers me?

I recently looked at an industrial building that had an old rail siding. So I followed the tracks up to see if the line they came off of was active. The tracks looked like they hadn't seen any traffic in years.

So anyway, while doing my due diligence, I found out that there were plans for a "Rails to Trails" for that line.

All I can picture is environmental do-gooders on bicycles and copper thieves having access to the back of the property

[Lee I.]

I had to look up what exactly rails to trails was and came across this recent court case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_M._Brandt_Revo...

I'm not a lawyer and so won't speculate what exactly it would mean for you and this property, but it seems like that trail conversion plan might have had to be abandoned because the rail easement is gone.