Ride the Rails AND Hike the Trails - Article in Times Record

[Ed Lecuyer]

WW&F's Ed Lecuyer and Midcoast Conservancy's Isobel Curtis share about the joint Ride the Rails to Hike the Trails program, and how it interrelates with rail-trails, conservation, and the future transportation needs of the US.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/29/from-rails-to-trails-whats-the-future-of-midcoast-railroad-tracks/

[James Patten]

That article title is misleading - I found it and clicked on it because I thought it was going to be about the Rockland Branch.

[Ed Lecuyer]

That article title is misleading - I found it and clicked on it because I thought it was going to be about the Rockland Branch.

Clickbait works.

The reality is that a trail could very well be in the future for the Rockland Branch, unless the trajectory changes. We're about to lose the Mountain Division and Lower Road to trails, the Rockland Branch is certainly going to be on the trail groups' radar.

[John McNamara]

I clicked on the verbal version, and I suspect that there was an automated reader that had trouble with the last sentence (the one containing the phone number).