Shipping Big Iron & Rail Right-Of-Way Abandonment

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Mar 5 16:40:00 2002

> It escapes me why they ripped up the track in the first place. The scrap
> value of the steel couldn't have offset the cost of doing so and should you
> ever change your mind there's no going back except with astronomical costs.

In the old days, when steel was worth something, it was very economical.
It may not seem like it, but every mile of mainline track has many tons
of high grade steel.

The 1990s glut of scrap steel changed all of this, however.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Tue Mar 05 2002 - 16:40:00 GMT