Retracing the Saratoga & Schuylerville Railroad ROW

In retrospect, how obvious!
http://www.vizettes.com/kt/upstateny-hi ... erials.htm

FYI - I mountain biked the Bog Meadow section of the abandoned Saratoga & Schuylerville Railroad and have posted photos and a short video.
http://rc-pedalpoint.blogspot.com/2014/ ... trail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sorry! - This site has grown too much and was in dire need of reorganizing. I relaunched the site today and most of the underlying URLs have changed so clear your cache and/or change your bookmarks.

Retracing the Saratoga & Schuylerville Railroad ROW
-http://www.vizettes.com/kt/upstateny-hi ... and-s.htm-
is now
http://www.vizettes.com/kt/upstateny-hi ... -and-s.htm

There will be new photos as well soon

I hiked a section of the old S & S today near Burgoyne Road/Bryant Bridge. On the trek, I came across an abandoned house, an abandoned vehicle and even a makeshift footbridge made from a railroad tie! Direct link to blog and short video. [This will be it for updates for a while]
http://rc-pedalpoint.blogspot.com/2014/ ... ryant.html

It is amazing to me how quickly nature can reclaim an abandoned ROW. If you come across one that is clear of vegetation, consider it a blessing. I was in southwestern New Brunswick one lovely autumn day last year, and retraced a bit of the old CP line from McAdam to St. Andrews --- a railroad that was still active into the early '90s and which was ripped up only about ten years ago, if that. I was totally blown away as to how overgrown it was. Some of it was actually difficult to find.

This page is now at a new URL - it was been recoded to be mobile-friendly. Please change your bookmarks, etc.
https://www.vizettes.com/kt/rr/s-s/index.htm

I'm not sure what bridge remains I'm looking at here.

Seek and ye shall find...
https://www.vizettes.com/kt/rr/s-s/s-s- ... restle.htm

trainsinmaine wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:16 pm I'm not sure what bridge remains I'm looking at here.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/295079580

Russ, I don't know how I missed that earlier, but I did. Thanks.

That looks like a house(?) on the east end, partly built over some of the pilings.

I have visited the remains of the old trestle over Saratoga Lake several times, beginning in the '80s and most recently about five years ago. The pilings were still pretty much intact when I first stopped by there. There's not much to see these days, but one can at least tell that there was a trestle.