.... remove the railroad track .... build a walking/bicycle trail!

[Descant]

Originally Posted by lagoon

Technically it is not your front yard. The right of way exists and there is no way to change that now. I would rather have the walkers, runners and bikers than a loud fuming train, but that is just me.

Not thew info I was looking for. The question is/was "Do people actually own both sides of the right of way?" Technically, to coin a phrase, the land between my house and the right of way is my yard, same as if I abutted a street.

[lagoon]

Originally Posted by Descant

Not thew info I was looking for. The question is/was "Do people actually own both sides of the right of way?" Technically, to coin a phrase, the land between my house and the right of way is my yard, same as if I abutted a street.

Most railways in New Hampshire actually have a 66' wide right of way. If someone has walked that path at all it becomes a right of way and can't be extinguished. Historically most if not all railroad beds have been used by the public to walk as they are quite flat and direct means of travel. In answer to your question the property may be owned by an adjacent property owner but that in no way affects it as a right of way.