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I received this email from ARPS today: TO THE MEMBERS, RIDERS, VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS OF THE ADIRONDACK RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY AND THE ADIRONDACK SCENIC RAILROAD We write to clarify recent news coverage and provide a balance to the announcement by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservati...

Has NS officially abandoned the Vestal Spur?
I caught this news report about developing it into a rail trail:
https://wbng.com/news/featured-reports/ ... ail-trail/

Here's my shot from the Rt 7 bridge back in 2012:

Looks like SB at Conklin. I spy WINR's three radio towers on the hill in the distance.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.728952,-73.8653289/@42.727353,-73.8657061,2126a,35y,223.05h/data=!3m1!1e3 This is the location of the Colonie-Schenectady station. I believe the building is still there (it is in the satellite photo). You would never know it was a train station if you were not to...

Last I knew, the northern end of the line was right at Rt 221 in Harford. Is this where the section of rail is being removed?

I would appear that the trail advocates are eyeing more than just the ADIX rails for conversion to trails. https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/outtakes/114882" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A Legal Case Against Storing Tank Cars In Adirondacks "When Iowa Pacific acquire...

ADIX posted something cryptic on their Facebook page this afternoon. It read: "When's the last time you spotted a steam engine running on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad's line?
Stay tuned, we've got something big in the works...."

BR&P wrote:Looks like somebody let the water get too low in the boiler!

Are there any books you could recommend on the other end of the line, specifically covering Sodus to Hannibal and points eastward?

There's already an established topic on the line here: (Admin note: merged, but thanks for the backlink to make my job easy!)

Were there any news accounts of the incident?

Does the train ride go as far as the trolley museum?

Does anyone have a list of where the detectors are east of Binghamton?

Thanks, Matt. Please go to the Ulster County Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/UlsterCountyTourism/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Like it" Then under "Reviews," give then a a bad review for kicking out the CMRR. Or, better yet, call them: (...