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Title:Land Disposition Following Rail Line Abandonment
Authors:Dennis Ming, Lawrence Bender, Susan Hawkins, and William Thoms
Publication Date:Nov 1982
Report #:SP-25
TRID #:01789878
Keywords:abandonment, branch lines, legal factors, main lines, property management, railroad tracks
Type:Research Report – Staff Papers

Abstract

Rail line abandonment is a process designed to allow railroads a means for disposing of unprofitable lines. This paper discusses this process.

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