Theme: Transportation
Here we see a train in Waynesboro. We don’t see them in Shenandoah County
anymore. There are proposals to turn the old railroad right-of-way into a path
for biking and walking. Three million dollars have already been allocated for
an engineering study.
I am familiar with rails to trails concept through the successful one in
Northern Virginia.
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| W&OD Bike Path in Herndon |
Not everyone supports the idea. There are still people who think the railroad
may come back. Norfolk Southern, however, is not interested in spending the
money to modernize those old tracks.
The path would run about 50 miles from Front Royal to Broadway. It would go
through some fantastic scenery. I would love to walk out on the old river
bridges across the Shenandoah River.
Hello
ReplyDeleteThe rail trails are really popular here. Hubby and I walked on our local trail yesterday. Take care, have a wonderful week!
Always important with a good railroad system.
ReplyDeleteConverting the tracks for pedestrian and cycling use seems like a great idea to me.
ReplyDeleteLove the railway and train shots
ReplyDeleteThere are many places here where old rail beds are used for walking, biking, and hiking trails.
ReplyDeleteI hope it is built successfully!
ReplyDelete...it's happening here too.
ReplyDeleteHere we need to invest in railways because the roads can't cope and too few people us shanks' pony or cycles.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up Shanks’s pony because we don’t use that term here. Walking!
DeleteI think those rails to trails are wonderful. Although I do wish we had better public transportation options in this country, those old train tracks are never going to be put to use again, so they might as well be made of benefit to people. Bill'ls brother and sil have a long rails to trails near where they live in Idaho -- they have ridden their e-bikes on part of it and loved it!
ReplyDeleteGood one for theme day.
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