Summer is a tougher time to try to keep up the rail yard on U.S. 61 in Jackson. Over the years, city officials have fielded complaints about the area housing railroad engines, cars, ties and heavy equipment as it becomes overgrown with weeds. Adjacent property owners say the rail yard is an eyesore. Others find the yard and its contents pique their interest. Rail yard owners say low funds and hot weather hamper upkeep efforts. Gary Seabaugh owns storage sheds near the rail yard and this year has had problems with rail cars blocking customer access. Seabaugh said before the rail yard was mowed two weeks ago, weeds were chest-high. Seabaugh approached aldermen Larry Cunningham and Joe Bob Baker for help in June after he said he couldn't get anyone with Friends of the Iron Mountain Railroad, the not-for-profit organization that runs the railroad, to do anything about the problem. Seabaugh said he was told before by the organization that there wasn't any money to mow or to fix the engines so the trains could be moved....
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Rail yard's appearance draws complaints
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