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Originally Posted by Wolven
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.
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I understand what you're saying, and I'm not disagreeing with your points, but I work in Ogden and deal with a lot of the locals frequently and they are vocal locals. They are incredible passionate about their community...just the way it is.
The City already did the Land Expropriation scheme for the original Green Line Plan and it was like WWIII between them and the locals and the City eventually gave up and did something else.
And if you really, really want to go Nuclear? Change a Bus Route. The amount of anger and vitriol I've heard from the changing of Bus Routes? You genuinely wouldn't believe it.
As for CPKC, again, I dont disagree with you that maybe as a merged entity they should cede some of their protections, but its not going to happen...ain't nobody gonna fight the Railroad. They have what they have and they're damned well going to keep it. Come Hell or High Water.
They think its still the 1880s where if anyone messes with them or their stuff they release the Railyard Bulls to crack skulls.
And now that they're the single largest Railway Concern in the Western Hemisphere nobody is going to take on the Railroad.
As I recall during the Flood when the City needed Rail cars moved it was a borderline miracle that Nenshi managed to get them to do it and it was a polite request followed by a 'Pretty Please' and even then they largely only complied to protect their own assets.
You'd have better luck relocating the Brooklyn Bridge across the river.