It even goes further. If you leave pilings up, someone *WILL* put
plywood down and assume they can drive across on their bikes. The
next person sees the plywood (or old ties, or?) and assumes he can
drive his motorcycle across. The next one sees the "bridge" and
leaps to the conclusion that since this appears to be a road - it is
graded, after all - then the bridge should be perfectly fine for his
4 wheeler (ATV). The next person sees the 4 wheeler cross, figures
his 4x4 Ford 350 can cross. There sits a 2 and a half ton vehicle
impaled on piles.
Better to remove all doubt. If the railroad leaves the pilings, and
someone "builds" a bridge, it is assumed to be a viable
crossing. And, given the "deep pockets" laws on the books for
liability, that means the railroad is responsible. A pile trestle
abandoned, and not bridged becomes an attractive nuisance. That
attraction breeds lawsuits.
If you think this is ludicrous, you are, in many ways, right. But -
the originating railroad (C&NW) and successors (UP) have been held
accountable for using rubber tiling (which becomes slippery when wet)
in 50 year old gallery cars. So, the railroad tends to make things
unusable once they no longer use them.
At 12:57 PM 8/4/2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I heard to keep people from getting on them and falling off.
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>--- On Tue, 8/4/09, MICHAEL PANNELL <michael.pannell@btinternet.com> wrote:
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>From: MICHAEL PANNELL <michael.pannell@btinternet.com>
>Subject: [CBQ] Abandoned railroad trestles
>To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com, union_pacific@yahoogroups.com,
>colorado-railfan@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:21 AM
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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.
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>Thanks
>Mike Pannell
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>From: Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@worldnet. att.net>
>To: cbq@yahoogroups. com
>Sent: Monday, 3 August, 2009 6:00:53 PM
>Subject: [CBQ] CBQ & CNW in central Wyoming
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>HOL WAGNER wrote:
> > As for the C&NW, the FE&MV subsidiary line Wyoming Central was
> completed into Casper by 1887, possibly a year or two
> > earlier, as I recall, and the Cheyenne & Northern was built north by the
> > UP to Wendover in 1887 and on to Orin Junction by the UPD&G in 1890.
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