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: ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied ...

What happens when old rails meet modern ingenuity? I built a mini truck designed to ride rails long left to rot. From ...

Dreams of a park in the sky may soon be dashed. Just before Christmas, the Giuliani administration inked an agreement with some West Side property owners to divide the cost of razing the High Line, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Norfolk Southern has formally moved to abandon its rail line in Dyer, a decision town officials were briefed about beforehand. The town also will initiate a rail bank, a procedure which sets aside ...