Railroads usually have the bulk of American law on their side, and they know it. It’s hard to get them to refrain from doing anything they have their steely little hearts set on.
I'm glad Highland Park raised this issue and hope the railroad continues to think about preserving the trees along the Metra route. Union Pacific covers a lot of lightly populated areas in in the freight part of its business, which may be one reason they usually don't think about preserving nearby trees. I enjoyed riding the UP line to the Lake Bluff station for years. I was generally very happy with the UP, but one time they did a horrendous job of cutting down trees near the Lake Bluff station. It looked like a disaster scene.
Being responsive to the public and the environment created by the trees is a good choice by UP. As one who lost the benefit from a lot of Forest Preserve trees that used to dampen the tollway noise by Dundee and Sanders, the trees make a huge difference.
Thanks for the insight Irv.
I'm glad Highland Park raised this issue and hope the railroad continues to think about preserving the trees along the Metra route. Union Pacific covers a lot of lightly populated areas in in the freight part of its business, which may be one reason they usually don't think about preserving nearby trees. I enjoyed riding the UP line to the Lake Bluff station for years. I was generally very happy with the UP, but one time they did a horrendous job of cutting down trees near the Lake Bluff station. It looked like a disaster scene.
Being responsive to the public and the environment created by the trees is a good choice by UP. As one who lost the benefit from a lot of Forest Preserve trees that used to dampen the tollway noise by Dundee and Sanders, the trees make a huge difference.