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From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Signals and Safety (really Amtrak and NEC)
Message-ID: <145@ima.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 19:56:47 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 19:56:47 1986
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Organization: Javelin Software Corp.
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Summary: Amtrak really owns the NEC

In article <45@gilbbs.UUCP> mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller) writes:
>  I see several references in articles concerned with the rail corridor through
>Maryland referring to "AMTRAK owned trackage".  I hate to pick nits (but then,
>if you'll believe that, I have a few railroad trestles I'd like to sell (-:),
>but as *I* understand it, AMTRAK only owns rolling stock.

Amtrak really owns the NEC right of way -- they got it as part of the deal
which created Conrail.  Conrail still has trackage rights, which is what
started this whole discussion in the first place.
-- 

John Levine, Javelin Software, Cambridge MA 617-494-1400
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