Be in Dah UP next week :)
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I know a Border Patrol agent that informed me three years ago that the bulky packs of marijuana that were carried across are now replaced with meth and heroin. Lighter to carry and margins are astronomically higher. Not to mention what is smuggled on cars-trucks that are not caught. Estimates are they only disrupt 8% of what comes across, and that number is sizable; makes you think what DOES come across.
Coming up in bulk straight to a child near you.
Bear
LMAO! Yeah, well, I SAY SO WHAT! However, we gave up going thru there years back now. Shame though, as it would have been a good route. But too many obstacles came forth as more time passed, and after all the rails were taken up, it went bad fast.
I do believe this is still a "RR ROW", and is as standing in "abandonment phase"?
goofy600
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If still owned by RR and they give permission to use should be all good, but if they turn it over to the land owners then unless there is an agreement in place land owners have right to do as the wish. The biggest misconception people have is they think an easement is free for anyone to be on and that is where people get in trouble and get thinks closed down.
We were told was in the hands of the DNR for a proposed, trail use, if possible of some kind, some years back at the snowmobile clubhouse fish fry?
It is owned by the DNR, but is against all odds of ever becoming a snowmobile trail again. Approximately 90 driveways between Chassell and Houghton. All that would need to be opened up every time it snows. Plus, as mentioned earlier in this thread. There are buildings very close to the grade. To my knowledge, nothing is built on the old grade itself.
It is really too bad we cannot get something from Chassell up into Houghton. The best bet is to try and get the old Chassell to Painesdale trail going again, but the land it would use has changed a lot from open to rural residential. There was a group of Houghton and Chassell businessmen/snowmobilers (I was one of them) trying to resurrect the Chassell to Painesdale trail, but could not get easements to get all the way.
-John
It is really too bad we cannot get something from Chassell up into Houghton. The best bet is to try and get the old Chassell to Painesdale trail going again, but the land it would use has changed a lot from open to rural residential. There was a group of Houghton and Chassell businessmen/snowmobilers (I was one of them) trying to resurrect the Chassell to Painesdale trail, but could not get easements to get all the way.
-John
goofy600
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Now this all makes more sense, thanks for clarification John.
Good idea fuji! You win a cookie if you can get Tracker on this asap!