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[CBQ] Re: Abandoned railroad trestles

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Subject: [CBQ] Re: Abandoned railroad trestles
From: "larrgra" <larry.graus@opc.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:26 -0000
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, MICHAEL PANNELL <michael.pannell@...> wrote:
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> Just a general question for someone to have a stab at answering...when 
> railroads were abandoned here in the US why were trestles cut down and not 
> left in situ ?  Was it a liability issue or were the materials that valuable. 
> It seems such an awful waste to build lines such as the branch to Gardiner MT 
> that i was exploring the other evening used for a mere 50 years, abandoned 
> and all the bridges chopped down.
> 
> Thanks 
> Mike Pannell

I'd do it for safety (keep the NSBs* from hurting themselves), if for no other 
reason.

*Not-so-Brights

larrgra



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