Originally Posted by
maddyfish
That is who has it now. But was it paid for when it was acquired from the original land owners? Or was it eminent domained? It it was taken through eniment domain for rail use, then it should be returned to the original use, not converted to another use other than that for which it was taken.
I can only agree with this if the owning entity of the property offers to sell it back to the farmer and the farmer agrees to buy. Otherwise the property belongs to, in this case, the railroad company. They can sell to whoever wants it.
Sounds like the woman quoted in the article has a bad case of NIMBYism. "I got mine, screw everybody else." I hope the trail goes through just to spite her.