United States Court of Federal Claims June 5, 2012, No. 09-315 L (Whispell Foreign Cars, Inc. v. United States)

OPINION

HEWITT, Chief Judge.

I. Background

This is a rails-to-trails case brought by Whispell Foreign Cars, Inc., et al. (plaintiffs). “Plaintiffs claim that the government effected a taking of their property when it converted a railroad right of way to a trail pursuant to the National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983 (the Trails Act Amendments), Pub.L. No. 98-11, 97 Stat.