jacksons wrote:Now I know what the OSHA people did before there was OSHA.Well....not really. OSHA was established in 1971, while the ability for railroads to designate track as "excepted" was not established until 1982.
There are good reasons to permit carriers to designate track as "excepted". One good one is that it permits shortline carriers to take over marginal lines from the bigger carriers and continue operation without pouring excessive capital into rehabilitating poorly-maintained trackage. Of course, that doesn't apply to the Port Morris Branch.....
Jim