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and founder of RLEP, is a member of a citizens group called Rail Solution, which promotes railroads as a more efficient way to transport freight along the 1-81 corridor. He has been following the issue for several years and introduced RLEP to it last week. " Irwin sees a potential Rappahannock rail line as a “very long-range threat.” But it is being talked about, he said, so RLEP will continue to monitor any developments.
Eminent domain, though it is not favored, is one tool Norfolk Southern could use to purchase the land they would need for a new rail line. Chapman said.
“If we decided we wanted to do this, we would engineer a route and then begin acquiring the property on which to build the tracks,” he said. “Railroads do have eminent domain authority, but that is an option we consider extreme and would like to avoid. We much prefer doing direct negotiations with property owners."
Norfolk Southern is one of
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