just read a newswire report about a boy scout troops trailer along ups tracks.Union Pacific wants it moved because of national security? whats in the trailer besides tents and camping gear?hopefully they can fix this problem.
stay safe
Joe
Not knowing the location, I would guess it’s really more about liability.
I would bet there has been a change in local managers. The old one(s) were used to the scouts being there, didn’t see a problem. The new one(s) found out about the scouts being on rr property. Immediately knew action needed to be taken or dire consequences could happen. (Like being passed over for promotion to a more exotic location, Omaha.)
Jeff
How about citing the source of the story, the location of said trailer and any other specifics relative to this affair, before everyone jumps to conclusion as to what UP has or has not done.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – For the past 85 years, Boy Scouts of American troop 503 has spent countless hours helping the Bay Area community of San Leandro, said an article in the Daily Review newspaper of Oakland, Calif.
But a few months ago, the troop was evicted from railroad property on Carden Street, where an old 27-foot trailer containing the boys’ camping equipment, records and flags has been kept for the past 20 years. According to Mark Miller, the troop’s committee chairman, there had never been a problem when the site was owned by Southern Pacific. The property presently belongs to the Union Pacific.
Citing national security issues, Union Pacific officials told the Boy Scouts it had four days to vacate the premises and an extension would not be granted, Miller said.
John Taufer, a local businessman with Sebring Transportation Co., temporarily offered some storage space for the trailer at the company’s trucking yard off Doolittle Drive on the condition that the troop finds a new home as soon as possible. Miller said the Boy Scouts are looking for either a place to store the trailer or a place to store the gear if people don’t want the trailer on their property.
Sounds like a Boy Scout-friendly SP agent gave the Scouts permission to park their gear on SP land. UP probably wants to sell or reuse the land, and is using “national security” a
my apologies to the forums for not being specific.I got the story from the trains newswire read it everyday. I’m not jumping on UP I’m just hoping they can work something out.
stay safe
joe
ohh come on. it’s no different if you owned that particular piece of property and sold it. the next owner not wanting that on his new property. it’s all a matter of liability. like the last guy said. the railroad provided 20 years of rent free space…time to move on.
you can’t spell stupid without U either if you wanna look at it that way.