There was a line about 10 miles south of me that ran east and west, and then one about 20 miles north of me that ran east and west as well that were both pulled up roughly 20-25 years ago if I remember correctly. They are now bike trails. There is still one spur off a main line that is only about 8 miles long that basically only goes to the one big elevator at the end of the line. That one is 3 1/2 miles north of me. Talking to the engineer of a locomotive one day, he said that that last spur off to the elevator was so bad that they didn't dare do over 20 MPH on it, but the rail company refuses to spend any money on improvements on it, since the elevator is the only customer on it. Derailments/rolled over railcars are a yearly occurrence. One last year only made it about 100 yards past it's US27 (a major highway crossing with signals) before it rolled over 3 cars.
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