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Thanks! UP uses them as standard for new installs, and KCS used a good few for a while it appears. The PanAm also used to use them, and they've cropped-up on other shortlines/regionals as well, such as the ATN and HMCR near me.
The tops of the rails will be rusted, the rails will be overgrown, the rails will be disconnected from any of the other lines (like a spur having its switch removed or something being placed on the tracks to prevent trains from going past a certain point), and/or the rails will be paved over/removed at crossings.
