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What happens with abandoned railroad scrap?
Asked by toaster (529)
October 6th, 2012
Seeing tracks torn out of abandoned railroads got me to wondering.. When a railroad gets torn out, what happens to the materials such as the rail, ties, miscellaneous hardware? Is it stored and possibly reused, or totally melted down in most cases?
P.S. Is there any estimates of the extent (miles) of abandoned railroad lines in America/Canada? Thanks.
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