> I find the "old rail bed" interesting and that the neighbor revoked access. I know of at least one instance in Wisconsin where the county used a trail on a rail bed WITHOUT the land owner's consent.
The land owner was the railroad though. Railroads didn't mess about with getting right-of-way variances or anything like what we're accustomed to these days. They bought strips of land outright.
My farm is split down the middle by an old railbed, and I don't own it, but I sure as heck use it.
My Dad tells a story about when the railroad that owns the land hired an auditor to unload unwanted assets. This auditor came around trying to sell back the land to farmers. Dad told them, he was just fine with the railroad paying the property taxes on it for him. The guy said "What if we sell it to someone else?". Dad laughed at him and said "Good! They can put the railroad back in." That was the last we ever heard about it.
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