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PSLS – Railroads Webinar

May 8

When: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
12:00 PM
Where: United States
Contact: PSLS Office
[email protected]
(717) 412-1946

 

Railroads

Presented by: Michael F. Brinkash, PLS

Noon-1PM

Cost: $45 for PSLS members, $65 for non-members

*Eligible for 1 PDH in PA

Session Description:

Topics covered in this webinar include:

  • Types of Title Acquired by Railroads
  • Regulation of Abandonment
  • Determining Abandonment
  • Discontinuance of Railroad Rather than Abandonment
  • Railbanking
  • Constitutionality of Rails to Trails
  • Prescriptive Easement vs. Adverse Possession of a Road Crossing
  • Interpretation of Documents Creating Railroad’s Original Interest
  • Meaning of a Right-of-Way
  • Railroad is a Highway
  • Fences Along Railroad Right-of-Ways
  • ICC Instruction for Railroad Maps
  • Railroad Guage-Distance Between Tracks-Basis of Horizontal and Vertical Datum