Fact from somewhere in my past, probably related to me by Harry Meisland (sp) when I worked for the Illinois Central Railroad. We were working on line abandonments and Harry related some of the history of the 'Granger' railroads in the US - Chicago & Northwestern - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific - Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul. They were established to bring produce to market. As we looked to abandon low usage branch lines (often less than 1-2 carloads per year), we found that the land was 'government granted' to the railroad and would revert to the adjacent property owners. These tracks were done early in the settlement of the region. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> At one time not long ago, no point in the >> state of Iowa (300 miles by 400 miles) was more than 1/2 mile from a >> rail line. > > That's a facinating stat. Where does it come from? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
