[milwaukee-electric] Re: For Discussion - Who is the owner of abandoned rails in streets

[Ken and Tracie]

I would believe that any trackage abandoned after WEPCO sold the Transport 
Company would have been the Transport Company's responsibility. If the 
various municipalities allowed the Transport Company to simply pave over the 
rails without removal, then I would guess that the rails would become the 
property of those cities and suburbs.

But then again, I am not a lawyer.

I believe the only rail MCTS owns is whatever may be located at their 
storage facilities. ;-)

The real question is, does WP&L still own the never paved-over rails in the 
street in Plymouth, Wisconsin?

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:26 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: For Discussion - Who is the owner of 
abandoned rails in streets


>I highly doubt WEPCo would have anything to do with them now...more likely 
>the City of Milwaukee (via MCTS or the Department of Streets) owns them 
>now.
>
> --- On Wed, 9/23/09, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] For Discussion - Who is the owner of 
>> abandoned rails in streets
>> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:41 PM
>> When a construction crew comes upon
>> rails, is WE still the owner and
>> responsible to remove them. See the attached images taken
>> March 26th
>> 2008 at Jackson & Juneau.