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Originally Posted by ardecila
This is indeed a fascinating look into the US railroad industry.
About the "Peavine Route" - I thought abandoned railroads are supposed to revert to the state (if fee-simple ROW) or adjacent landowners (if the ROW is an easement). In the Chicago area, several railroad segments are kept in private hands by running a short excursion train or hi-rail truck once per year. This lets them claim the railroad is still "active" and lets them vest their rights.
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I'm not sure.
This quarry is the last customer on the line:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pe...16zL20vMHlzZDI
There used to be a pile of gravel dumped on the tracks a half mile east of teh quarry to mark the end of the functional part of the line. It used to be visible on Google Earth but now I'm not seeing it.
Here is the physical severance of the east end of the line in Portsmouth, OH:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pe...16zL20vMHlzZDI
A recent wrinkle in the history of this semi-abandoned line was the 2022 announcement that Purina will be investing $500 million into a pair of pet food factories on this line. One of the two will be served by rail. So a small amount of new rail traffic is coming to the line, but not enough to motivate reactivation of the dead part of the line.
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinna...ood-plant.html