EFFECTS OF RAIL LINE ABANDONMENT
COSTS
:
http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/ndsu/aem179su.html
Economic Impact Of Railroad Abandonment: Carrington-To-Turtle Lake Rail Line
http://www.tc.gc.ca/actsregs/cta/CT00001.htm
Canada Transportation Act, 1996
http://www.cwb.ca/publicat/estey/phase1/six.htm#_Toc420291687
Branchline Abandonment And Elevator Rationalization
Increased Trucking and Road Damage
(Road classifications, alternative routes, costs to RM)
http://www.gov.sk.ca/hiways/Grainhaul.pdf
Impact of Grain Truck Hauls On Saskatchewan Roads
Loss of Elevator Competition
Business Impacts
Erosion of Local Tax Base
(Affects on local mill rate)
Assessed Land Values
Impacts on local RM Budgets
Additional Social Costs
(schools, tourism, off-farm income reliance)
Sentimental Costs
(perceived value to the community)
External Costs
(energy and waste disposal, green house gasses)
http://teamrecycle.com/why.html
Why Recycle Used Oil?
http://www.recycle.net/world/western.html
Western Provinces Recycling Directory
http://www.link.ca/~swrc/dangerous.htm
Waste Dangerous Goods; Quick Reference for Saskatchewan Farmers
http://www.link.ca/~swrc/farmers.htm#used_oil
Waste Dangerous Goods Strategies for Saskatchewan Farmers
Viable Alternatives
:
Short Line
http://www.omnitrax.com/
Omnitrax Home Page
http://www.weyburn-review.sk.ca/News/9840/pangrail.html
Local group bids for railway line
http://www.agr.ca/cb/news/n80826be.html
Financial Assistance For Short Line Railway Development Announced
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues98/jul98/rail.html
Across America, short-line freight trains are pulling their weight
http://www.tc.gc.ca/actsregs/cta/CT05013.htm
Shortline Railways (Background, What Is A Shortline?, …)
http://freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/trains/data/data.html
Rail Data and News
Community Development
Diversification
http://www.agribiz.com/fbFiles/tNews/cook.html
Structural Changes in the U.S. Grain and Oilseed Sector
http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/main/Ethanol.htm
Ethanol Page
http://www.comalc.com/
Commercial Alcohols
http://www.greenfuels.org/ethindex.html
Ethanol Information Centre
Outdoor Trail Development
http://www.infinitypress.com/fredwert/cart.html
Recreation Trails on Railroad Grades
http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown/johnson.htm
Rail Trails
http://www.outdoorlink.com/amtrails/resources/railtrails/index.html
Rail Trails (problems, battles, rights, ...)
http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/content/network/gaining/ab/ab07.html
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions - Mirror, Alberta
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~spac/qa.html
The Most Frequently Asked Questions About Rail-Trails
http://www.railtrails.org/sec-toc.html
Secrets of Successful Rail-Trails (An Acquisition and Organizing Manual for Converting Rails into Trails)
http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/transportation/transportation2.html
Rail Trail and Protection of Abandoned Rail Corridors
Other alternatives
http://www.unibase.com/~whitetail/index.shtml
Hunting (Whitetail)
http://www.unibase.com/~cycling/guide/orb3.html
Abandoned rail lines leave and endless stretch of empty track space which today provide an excellent trail system
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http://www.ask.com/
Ask Jeeves
http://www.highway61.com/
Highway 61
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