Want to hear a unique take on the Catskill Mountain Railroad Co. Rail VS Trail debate in Ulster County? Then I suggest you read this FANTASTIC newsletter from Michael Helbing, the president of Metrotrails. Mr. Helbing has hiked hundreds.. of Rail Trails & Railroads and knows how do-able a Rail With Trail scenario would be for Ulster County. Heres a quote: Now Im going to ask you to picture one day a train from Kingston to Phoenicia, on the same route thousands of tourists took every year to the celebrated resorts, only now they could also serve outfitters with bicycles, canoes, and tubers headed down the Esopus. Ride the train up, bike, paddle, or float back. Or, take the train and backpack the Long Path south to the Shawangunks, then loop back to Kingston on Wallkill Valley or Marbletown Rail Trail with no need for complicated bus schedules. If the trail is developed, I might hike it again...once. But this is not a resource that will draw people back to Kingston over and over. The rail with trail can compliment each other. Perhaps one day we might even see a regular commuter service back into the Catskills, breathing life back into some of these now depressed locales. Thank you Michael! Rail With Trail. If its good for Kingston, its good for all of Ulster County! PS: The track that theyre sitting on is on video here: https://youtube/watch?v=lueZSrtBt5c meetup/Metrotrails/messages/boards/thread/48610037/
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:30:10 +0000
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