A ride through history
By Tom French
The Grasse River rail line formerly connected Cranberry Lake to Childwold Station. It's now a trail perfect for biking and other recreation.
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Rail and trail: Your questions answered
By Tim Rowland
State agencies give project updates on the Lake Placid/Tupper Lake rail trail, and rail rehab from Big Moose to Tupper
Adirondack Rail Trail moves ahead with scenic rail by end of 2021, bike trail by 2024
Work on a scenic railroad and recreational trail are underway, state agencies announced. But it will be some time before they're finished.
Traveling an old rail route to Spring Pond Bog
By Tom French
Railroad history buffs will want to start at the Tupper Lake Station.
Railroad reverses course, opposes Tahawus trail
By Tim Rowland
Cylists had begun pressing for a southern route to complement the Lake Placid-Tupper Lake trail that the Adirondack Park Agency approved this month.
Adirondack Park board OKs rail trail
By Tim Rowland
Rail refurbishment for the scenic railroad is expected to be completed by 2021, and the rail trail by 2023.
Essex County pushes back on Tahawus rail conversion
By Tim Rowland
“We have enough trails, what we need is economic activity,” said Shaun Gillilland, chair of the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
Park Agency presses forward with Tri-Lakes rail trail
By Tim Rowland
The line operated until freight service ceased in 1972. It was acquired by the state two years later. A 1996 UMP called for the line to become a scenic railway with adjoining recreation where possible, but that plan was never fully realized.
2019 Adirondack stories of the year
Whatever you want to call it -- even if you just call it a lot of people enjoying nature -- the effort to understand and plan for the rising number of people driving to and hiking in the High Peaks dominated discussions among Adirondack Park advocates, municipal officials and resource managers in 2019.
Tupper hearing draws rail-trail supporters
By Tim Rowland
The state, along with many Tupper Lake residents, believes that both the scenic railroad and the rail-trail can be world-class tourist draws.