It’s not just corner hopping…

[brockel]

That’s insane. Would love to start a thread to see how many of these public lands blocks there are…must be tons.

 

[Nunjagottam]

Interesting - thats a powerline not a RR.

Ive got no idea, and only questions, why an easement through the state property (retains state ownership) wasnt done in lieu of it getting into private hands with the sole purpose of restricting access.

I know that spot well. It is an abandoned railway. The powrrline is parallel. The non-access from BMA to State is a Meagher County specialty. Townsend Ranch does the same shit

 

[DFS]

That’s insane. Would love to start a thread to see how many of these public lands blocks there are…must be tons.

I know of another

 

[DFS]

A lot of people put state land in block to control the access of it. I should have said I know of several in the previous post.

 

[Bighorner]

I assume the rail road ROW way reverted to the state once abandoned and the state sold that ROW to current landowner. Is that correct? Or did the landowner by the ROW before it could revert back to the state? This one seems really muddy on how they gained ownership.

 

[Bighorner]

That’s insane. Would love to start a thread to see how many of these public lands blocks there are…must be tons.

I feel like county roads avoid BLM in NE Wyoming like the plague.

 

[Nunyacreek]

I looked into this spot one time.. That is a portion of the old Milwaukee Road ROW that was originally part of the Jawbone Railway. I went to the courthouse and if I remember correctly it predates statehood, and is deeded land. An equally significant portion of the same ROW parallels Sixteen Mile Creek all the way to the old railroad town of Lombard above Toston Dam. If accessible it would provide astonishing access to Sixteen Mile Creek.
The ROw was sold to private landowners after the Milwaukee Road ceased operations in the mid-70’s. I often imagine how different things would be if the state had been at the table or purchased these lands, but as far as I know it was not and it did not.
Most railroad easements in Montana are perpetual easements that only revert - for practical purposes - never. They are essentially legally unassailable, legal creations from a time when railroads were the absolute kings of commerce. This particular ROW was not an easement but a grant.