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 #526301  by scharnhorst
 
slchub wrote:Can you imagine the cost to install and maintain fence along the thousands of miles of "open" rails in the deserts of the western US?

There are times where I travel from just outside the city limits of Salt Lake City to Winnemucca, NV (about 380 miles) and don't see a single car at any of the crossings.
Only place where I can rember seeing miles of fence line along the tracks was near the Mexican boarder.