Tiny Railroad Gives Up, Abandons Tracks in Rural NY
Published Date: 1/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Company is officially ending service and abandoning a 10.57-mile rail line between Lowville and Croghan, New York. This affects local communities in Lewis County who haven’t seen train traffic here for over 15 years. The railroad has followed all rules, and the process is moving forward without any complaints or delays.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Employee Protections After Abandonment
If you are a railroad employee affected by this abandonment, you are protected under the Oregon Short Line employee-protection rules cited in the notice. A petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed to challenge whether these protections adequately protect affected employees.
Lowville–Croghan Rail Line Abandoned
If you live in Lowville or Croghan, New York (ZIP codes 13367 and 13327), the Lowville & Beaver River Railroad is abandoning a 10.57-mile rail line between milepost 0.0 and milepost 10.57. The abandonment exemption becomes effective on February 13, 2025, and the Board notes that no local or overhead freight traffic has moved over the line in at least 15 years.
Environmental Review and Filing Deadlines
The Board's Office of Environmental Analysis will issue a Draft Environmental Assessment by January 17, 2025; comments on environmental or historic matters are due within 15 days after the Draft EA is available. Interested parties may file formal expressions of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) and must meet the Board's filing deadlines (petitions to stay without environmental issues by January 24, 2025; petitions to reopen and public use requests by February 3, 2025).
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