• Genesee & Wyoming Panhandle Route - Interim Trail Use

  • General discussion related to Rail Trails and rail-related recreation nationwide, including proposed rail trail routes. The official site of the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy can be found here: www.railstotrails.org.
General discussion related to Rail Trails and rail-related recreation nationwide, including proposed rail trail routes. The official site of the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy can be found here: www.railstotrails.org.

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  by Jeff Smith
 
https://nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/ ... dle-trail/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhandle_Trail

http://panhandletrail.org/
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Following a Genesee & Wyoming Railroad right of way, the proposed 2.27-mile extension would stretch from Walkers Mill in Collier Township to the Port Authority West Busway Carnegie Station and end at the Port Authority Bell Avenue Station.
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The project would require railbanking track that hasn’t been used in more than a decade. Railbanking is a method by which rail lines authorized for abandonment can be preserved for future rail use through an interim function as a trail.
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