Recreational Rail Trail In Catskills Gets Feds' Ok

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A federal agency has declared a 38-mile segment of railroad in the Catskills abandoned, clearing the way for construction of a recreational trail.Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said the decision of the Surface Transportation Board supports the county's decision to pull up tracks on part of the line to create an 11-mile recreational trail along the shore of the Ashokan Reservoir.A railway preservation group had filed a petition with the board to [...]

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