I agree, it's not likely. That's why I emphasized the "could". I had a woman call me and offered a lot of rail from an abandoned line on her property that ran to some building of hers. That's when I researched it. There is no Statute of Limitations. The RR retains Right of Way forever unless released by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). For a scrap yard to accept rail, you need a letter from the RR company stamped on it. Which can't be done if the RR is defunct. Then you would need a letter from the company who bought its stuff. The RR has some really strange laws - including being Trespassing for walking along a track: Being illegal to take pictures along a track; illegal to put salt on tracks and it goes on and on.
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