[pandesal]

Not going to lie, before I visited the site, I was hoping it was a hot take article about why Ruby on Rails now suck and people should stop using it and migrate off of it. I was ready for the comment section.

[protomyth]

Sorry. I was submitting it to see if anyone would suggest a way to buy the abandoned tracks to start a commuter service since HN has had so many cargo vs person rail stories lately.

Ruby would have been a bit too hot a submission for me.

[bombcar]

Railroads are usually loathe to give up right-of-way even if it has been abandoned, but it can be done with enough support and money.

Many rail trails are still owned by the railroad with an option to make them rail lines again if they want.

[ghaff]

Yes, where I live in the greater Boston area, you've seen a few commuter rail extensions that I assume made use of existing railroad right of ways that were abandoned (ADDED: As in no longer used for rail service) at some point once the rail service became commuter rail service

[Trasmatta]

I already had all my Rails hot takes half composed in my mind before I even finished clicking. What should I do with all this energy now?