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    More rails considered for recreation

    Dec 28, 2019 3 minutes
    By Stephen Leon

    Two connected railroad corridors, long mired in uncertainty, inched closer to a potentially recreational future in the past two months.

    In October, New York State reached an agreement with Saratoga & North Creek Railway (owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings of Chicago) seeking a “voluntary abandonment” designation of the line that runs from North Creek to the old Tahawus Mine in Newcomb.

    Then in November, the Warren County Public Works Committee voted 9-2 to begin the abandonment process for the 40-mile stretch of tracks the county owns from North Creek south to Hadley.

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