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Originally Posted by Locke
I will tell you right now...if they tried that Ogden would be like an old-timey Frankenstein movie, I mean the villagers would be out with torches and pitchforks...and of course trucks and guns.
And secondly...
CPKC >>> City of Calgary (<- might even need more 'greater thans')
The City isnt telling them what to do with their railyards. Not gonna happen.
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Yup, that was the same thing said when I last brought it up.
I would still want the city to test that. The Alberta Expropriation Act gives municipalities the authority to expropriate land. In the days of old, CP rail was granted huge power... but now that it is merged with an American corporation I do not think Canadian laws should protect it as much as they used to.
Besides, they may even agree to it. For the amount of money they could get selling that inner city land, they could easily stand up a new yard on the edge of town.