The Silver Comet Trail

The Silver Comet Bike Trail is built on an railroad right of way that was abandoned by the Seaboard RR to the States of Georgia and Alabama. Three trails, which are part of the Path Organization, the Mt. Arabia Trail, the Silver Comet Trail and the Chief Ladiga Trail, run from Atlanta, GA to Anniston, AL. Parts of the trail are very rural. Its not unusual to see deer, turkeys and geese on the trail. Note: GA DOT paid for the right of way, but the rest of the funds were private. My funding info about the Trial is in error.

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• USALawyer

[USALawyer]

NOTE: Ga DOT purchased the Right-of-Way. Path has raised private funds.  Some of my funding information about the Trail is in error.

[USALawyer]

Mikma will be here soon.

[ANGRYCATATTAX]

I live near the Silver Comet Trail!!! :D

[DRfermasMs]

Please let bnsf turn this in to a line that would be Just amazing

[rh30135]

YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT

[rh30135]

FUCK YOU

[rh30135]

You are very RUDE! Fuck YOU

[1117sal]

Lastly it will much better to see BNSF Coal trains and piggyback trains running day and night over this former Seaboard Air Line line, AC4400's and SD-70MAC's as well as SD-70ACe's will be a most welocme sight, not mention the over 500 jobs this would create.

As for these bikers, go over to the interstate and stay off railroad property, It will happen RH !

[1117sal]

Problem is for you bikers, the right of way is STILL in place. Chewing up pavement is nothing for a railroad to do. Homeowners will have to thank their real estate agents for NOT knowing this line was railbanked and could be reopened.

Any structure too close to the right of way would be purchased at market price and torn down and the owners can do nothing about that.

There is no link, this is an internal study, not for the public, I know of it because I am in the industry.

[1117sal]

rh30135, You know little or NOTHING about railroading. I know of this upcoming study from friends at HIGH levels at BNSF, this is a private company looking at the REAL possibility of putting the tracks back.

This right of way is RAILBANKED, meaning, that is this land can be put back into rail service, if purchased.

BNSF has the resources to do that, if the study tells them they can make money and it is efficent, they can buy the land,

relay the rail and run trains. See second comment...

[rh30135]

Strange comment! BNSF would have to purchase the right of way back from GADOT. Since the right of way has been paved and numerous residential sub divisions have sprung up next to the trail it is unlikely GA EPD or the Federal Dept of Surface Transportation would approve heavy rail back on the old Silver Comet pathway. Can you provide a link to an BNSF authorized study? I don't think so since it does not exist. There will be no rail on the SCT in 2013.

[LiveWisely]

So?

No one owes cyclists a path.

Frankly, most of the Lance-wannabe cyclists that use SCT are complete jerks who don't want to share the path. You'd think they'd be more sensitive since they want cars to share the road...but no. The cyclist culture is generally a negative one.

As a recreational cyclist, I'll miss the SCT, but I won't miss the silly-looking Lance-wannabe cyclists.