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HayrideTrail t1_jcxn029 wrote

Reply to comment by WinstonAtlas in What will the future of Vermont ski towns look like? by The_Idealist_Realist

So you want to build a train station, parking., access roads, an electric catenary, a power sub station and put this on an easement built through town with flashing safety lights. Is this the idea?

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WinstonAtlas t1_jd62uo7 wrote

I think you’d avoid creating new lines. See what you can serve with existing rail ROW, and if some resort investor wants to bring it to Stowe, then you could think about what the best alignment is. Generally you want to avoid going through towns, because eminent domain is expensive

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HayrideTrail t1_jd7ttqm wrote

Existing rail right of ways either don’t exist or have been converted to bike paths. This is true through-out New England and elsewhere. Rail had its day in the mid 1800s.

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