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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree that in most cases the street railways were on an already public street.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the case I referenced, it was a cross country section deeded originally from the landowner in 1900 to the Palmer-Munson Street Railway (later the Springfield Street Railway) that bisected a parcel of farmland. The strip of land is still
visible on the Palmer GIS where it leaves River Street, goes through various properties, runs along the railroad, then leaves the railroad to merge into Ware Street just before the town line.
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the time of the subdivision, this strip had obviously been inactive for decades plus the entity that was the apparent successor in title did not acknowledge their ownership. As the deeded rights-of-way to cross from one parcel to another
had no specific width or location, the subdivision was able to be designed with the roadway where it was best suited for the development.
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<p class="MsoNormal">An active railroad will be more interested in what is done within a deeded right-of-way to cross its tracks and depending on the way the right-of-way is written it may or may not be possible to change the use of the other parcel from agricultural
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are differences between the situation in Belchertown and the project in Palmer, my point was only that a subdivision road might be a potential solution.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Emily Holmberg, PLS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> THOMAS FUDALA <tomfudala@comcast.net> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 5, 2022 6:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Emily Holmberg <EHolmberg@holmberghowe.com>; Emily Holmberg via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org>; Doug Albertson <DAlbertson@belchertown.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Land separated by RR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Street railway is a whole different animal than what used to be called "steam" railroads. Street railway mostly ran in what was already a public street. "Steam"
railroads almost always were on their own right of way, either purchased or taken by eminent domain authorized by their state charter.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 07/05/2022 11:55 AM Emily Holmberg via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Possibly, it may depend on the location, nature of, and/or description of the right-of-way across the RR. It may be possible to create a subdivision road across the railroad.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Larry was involved in a project in Palmer where the owner created a subdivision road across the inactive Street Railway. In this particular case the Rights-of-way across the street
railway were not specific as to location or width. Check the subdivision plans recorded in Hampden County District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 260 Pages 24-27 and revised plans in Plan Book 272 Pages 6-9.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></strong> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On Behalf Of </span></strong>Doug Albertson via MassPlanners<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:34 AM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> [Massplanners] Land separated by RR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi experts and observers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I know the answer but want to see if any of you has an alternative truth. The property owner’s house has adequate frontage and area. Behind it is the railroad owned in fee by
the RR. Then the owner’s next property of 35 acres with no frontage. There is an existing RoW crossing over the RR between the two. The owner wants to know, of course, if he can create a building lot for his daughter on the rear parcel. The first one of
you who responds with “You’ve been doing this for 30 years and you have to ask?!?” is removed from my will. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Are there any particular insights regarding railroad properties that would add radical variables to what should be an outright “no”? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Doug<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Douglas Albertson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">P.O. Box 670<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Belchertown, Mass. 01007<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(413) 323-0407 ext. 320<o:p></o:p></p>
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