A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...
The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...
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Meet us on the rail trail

Step onto a rail trail in your community, and you’ll see parents teaching children to ride bikes, retirees walking together at sunset and neighbors greeting neighbors. These trails are not red or blue ...
The state of New Jersey is transforming its abandoned tracks from its long railroad history into beautiful green spaces that ...
A family who poured their life savings into a unique tourist attraction in Concord, New Hampshire is now fighting to save it.
The New York & Greenwood Lake Railway once carried ice, iron ore and weekend tourists through northern Passaic County. Nearly six decades after its last trains departed, its rail bed has reopened as ...
GROTON — A 14-year-old suffered serious injuries on Saturday morning after crashing an electric bicycle along an abandoned rail line near the Peter E. Bertozzi Conservation Area. The Groton Police ...
AMSTERDAM — The Amsterdam Industrial Development Agency will seek a $300,000 state grant to fund the conversion of a former rail line into a recreational trail. The AIDA acquired the former ...