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| Author: | Trainlawyer [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | UNJRR&C Co Princeton Branch Abandonment |
From yesterday's Surface Transportation Board Docket: http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b318/b457147df0c1b2c885257b94006dfd77/$FILE/234460.PDF See also: http://www.savethedinky.org This is a dispute that I have not seen much mention of here primarily because the litigation has been buried in the morass of local zoning, planning and historical preservation rather than a railroad abandonment per se. As much fun as I would have, I have so many conflicts of interest here that I cannot even begin to discuss the merits. I am not certain that I am even allowed to think about some of them. I can say, however, that there are some very interesting railroad questions raised in the myriad suites involved here including the extent of common carrier obligation, whether non-inclusion in the Final System Plan constitutes abandonment authority even if Conrail continued to operate the the line, and whether a state historical preservation office can actually authorize the abandonment of common carrier obligation without the Surface Transportation Board even having a seat at the table. Watching from the Bench, GME (Memo to Brother Mitchell and my former Sergeant - Do not even think it!!) |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: UNJRR&C Co Princeton Branch Abandonment |
Dammit. You made me think it. And I wasn't even disposed along those lines until you said something. Oh, well. |
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| Author: | EDM [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: UNJRR&C Co Princeton Branch Abandonment |
I guess in the next few days that well-known Maryland law firm of RGC&M will be making one of their usual OFA filings before the STB. Hey, its something like 460 feet of railroad that may be up for grabs- |
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