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[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

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[Allen Tacy <alantacy_@_pop3.neteze.com>]

> Paul Luchter - No people mover, but most of the right of way from
> Sausalito to Fairfax, including through larkspur, and over the hill
> to Point Reyes Station, is a public trail, either hiking (most of it)
> or highway. Also the right of way from Baltimore Park to Detour, and
> south from there to Paradise Drive in Corte Madera. And finally the
> stretch from Trestle Glen to Tiburon. You can find the platforms at
> Larkspur and other spots. Marin does remember its railroads, and does
> remember that at one time Sausalito was an extremely busy terminal
> with narrow gauge and standard gauge steam as well as the electrics.
> A terrific heritage, and a spectacular site.
>
> Allen Tacy, NWP RR HS
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>
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
> >To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 21:31
> >Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) A Larkspur rail question
> >
> >
> >>  I think there was a vote..I think it was a referendum for some thing
> >like
> >>  used to be called a "people mover", a relatively low density thing, I
> >don't
> >>  know if it was north or south of Larkspur (the line was cut back north
> >to
> >>  there before it stopped, I don't know when)...they voted against it, I
> >>  remember most of the ROW as being very woodsy, maybe near a road
> >sometime
> >>  but not much in the way of huge populations except in the cities, of
> >course
> >>  when I saw it it was barely still running...They voted down the
> >referendum,
> >>  kind of sad for a peninsula which I think once I think had the most
> >commuter
> >>  rail, rapid transit per capata than anywhere else, I am not sure in #
> >of
> >>  trains or in passenger train miles....I also think the platforms and
> >such
> >>  may still be standing in Tiburon near the Bay shore, but I don't think
> >in
> >>  Sausalito
> >
> >
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