max_weisenfeld said:
It was a spur of the New Jersey Central, and there is some interest in reopening the line, which is still considered a ceded right-of-way for most of its length.
That line ties into the Morristown & Erie railroad. They were rebuilding the line that went from Cranford off the northeast corridor to Summit. The federal funding ran out and it has been indefinitely suspended. The line branching to Wooley is officially abandoned and decommissioned by the federal railroad administration.
max_weisenfeld said:
New Jersey is full of half used, unused, and abandoned rail lines. Several of them have been converted to rail trails.
spontaneous said:
There was one town where they converted old rail lines into a park BUT FORGOT TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE RAILROAD. The railroad stepped in and shut it down, and now all the people are pissed at them. I don't remember all the details, like which tow or which railroad, but I'm sure my husband remember.
I don't recall the details, but I heard this particular one it was a case of the towns being in negotiations to legally acquire the property, but the people who decided to turn it into a park did so before they had permission, the equivalent of someone selling their house and the buyer coming in and tearing up all the carpets BEFORE the closing. I understand that the people were just trying to clean up the property, but it wasn't a done deal and they didn't have permission. I think there was also an issue of the tracks being removed, again without permission.marylago said:
spontaneous said:
There was one town where they converted old rail lines into a park BUT FORGOT TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE RAILROAD. The railroad stepped in and shut it down, and now all the people are pissed at them. I don't remember all the details, like which tow or which railroad, but I'm sure my husband remember.
IIRC, one of the issues with creating these long, narrow parks was that the railroads didn't want to cede their rights-of-way, just in case.
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