Doing some STB search, I found this document, saying that they are working out a sale:
http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readin ... enDocument
Some text at the end says:
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2. The purchase price for the line is set at $2,162,018, and the parties must comply with the other terms of sale discussed above.
3. This decision will become binding on the parties unless the County notifies the Board and ESPN in writing, on or before February 9, 2009, that it is withdrawing its offer to purchase the line.
4. If the County withdraws its offer or does not accept the terms and conditions with a timely written notification, we will serve a decision by February 17, 2009, vacating the prior decision that postponed the effective date of the decision authorizing the abandonment.
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So, they shouldn't be ripping up the line quite yet.... There does appear to be a huge discrepancy in between what the railroad wants for the railroad and what the County wants to pay. Looks to me like the railroad is really trying to profit from this line sale that was bought so cheaply from the State, but that's what companies do.
JimE
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https://web.archive.org/web/20141029052 ... rains.html[/url] - (Actually, that server doesn't exist any more, so I point to the web archive version....)