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Author: Greg Smith Publisher: Rails to Trails Conservancy ISBN: 9780925794116 Category : Hiking Languages : en Pages : 0
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This unique directory includes listings of trails in 48 states totaling more than 7,000 miles and is arranged alphabetically by state. Every trail record consists of the trail name, endpoints, county location, length, surface material, and a contact name, address, and telephone number. There are chapters on the national rail-trail movement and railtrail etiquette and safety.
Author: Greg Smith Publisher: Rails to Trails Conservancy ISBN: 9780925794116 Category : Hiking Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique directory includes listings of trails in 48 states totaling more than 7,000 miles and is arranged alphabetically by state. Every trail record consists of the trail name, endpoints, county location, length, surface material, and a contact name, address, and telephone number. There are chapters on the national rail-trail movement and railtrail etiquette and safety.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780762705986 Category : Rail-trails Languages : en Pages : 0
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Provides a state-by-state listing of every trail in the US converted from railway to multi-use activity trails by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy since 1986. Each entry includes the trail name, endpoints, location, surface, contact information, and activities permitted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Publisher: Wilderness Press ISBN: 164359107X Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 426
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Explore 81 of the best rail-trails and other multiuse pathways in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted into public multiuse trails. Level and accessible, these paths are ideal for a brisk fitness walk, bike ride, or stroll with the family. In Rail-Trails Southeast, the experts from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy present the best of these routes, as well as other multiuse pathways, in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Many rail-trails are paved and run within view of the most scenic parts of town. Others offer rugged scenery on ungroomed, mostly dirt, and somewhat wild paths. Explore the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail in Alabama, voted “Best Recreational Trail” in the country in a USA Today poll. Take in a beautiful blend of nature and art along the famed Atlanta Beltline in Georgia. In the Carolinas, enjoy coastal beaches, hickory forests, abundant farmland, and more on segments of the East Coast Greenway; or travel from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks along North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Whether you’re on feet or wheels, you’ll love the variety in this collection of multiuse trails that total nearly 700 miles! Inside you’ll find: Informative descriptions written by rail-trail experts Detailed maps for every featured trail GPS coordinates of parking waypoints Icons indicating the activities that each trail accommodates Information you can rely on from the official guide to rail-trails “You can now throw away all your self-help books on fighting depression, losing weight, toning muscles, finding something to do with your kids, and learning American history. Just use this guide, find a great trail—and enjoy!” —Peter Harnik, Director, Center for City Park Excellence, Trust for Public Land
Author: Karen-Lee Ryan Publisher: Rails to Trails Conservancy ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 282
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Outdoor enthusiasts will find the best trials in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine listed in this guidebook. Includes detailed maps and descriptions.
Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Publisher: Wilderness Press ISBN: 0899978266 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 154
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All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted to public multiuse trails. In 2007, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy began recognizing exemplary rail-trails through its Rail-Trail Hall of Fame, based on scenic value, value of use, amenities, historical significance, excellence in management and maintenance, community connections, and geographic distribution. These Hall of Fame rail-trails are found in 28 states and in nearly every environment. In this book, you'll find detailed maps for every rail-trail, plus driving directions to trail-heads, icons indicating the activities each trail can accommodate, succinct descriptions written by rail-trail experts, and a look at the fascinating railroad history behind each trail. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy serves as the national voice for more than 160,000 members and supporters, more than 22,000 miles of open rail-trail across the country, and more than 8,000 miles of potential trails waiting to be built--with a goal of ensuring a better future for America made possible by trails and the connections they inspire.
Author: H. Roger Grant Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 025304989X Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 342
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The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What followed was a cycle of resurrections and bankruptcies; a grueling, ten-year, ultimately unsuccessful battle to merge with the Union Pacific; and the Rock Island's final liquidation in 1981. But today, long after its glory days and eventual demise, the "Mighty Fine Road" has left behind a living legacy of major and feeder lines throughout the country. In his latest work, railroad historian H. Roger Grant offers an accessible, gorgeously illustrated, and comprehensive history of this iconic American railroad.
Author: H. Roger Grant Publisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 1609380134 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 344
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What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan had examined Iowa's “Little Three”: Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, and Minneapolis & St. Paul as well as the state's “Big Four”: Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In addition to these seven core carriers, Donovan covered the state's less prominent railroads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; and Union Pacific and Wabash. Moreover, he contributed an issue on Iowa's principal interurbans, most of which survived into the 1950s as electric-powered freight-only short lines. In uniting Donovan's articles into a single volume, Iowa Railroads provides the most complete history of Iowa's rail heritage.
Author: H. Roger Grant Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501747789 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 518
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"Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors who created an effective hospital department to the worker-sponsored social events. And Grant has not ignored the impact the Wabash had on businesses and communities in the "Heart of America." Like most major American carriers, the Wabash grew out of an assortment of small firms, including the first railroad to operate in Illinois, the Northern Cross. Thanks in part to the genius of financier Jay Gould, by the early 1880s what was then known as the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway reached the principal gateways of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, and St. Louis. In the 1890s, the Wabash gained access to Buffalo and direct connections to Boston and New York City. One extension, spearheaded by Gould's eldest son, George, fizzled. In 1904 entry into Pittsburgh caused financial turmoil, ultimately throwing the Wabash into receivership. A subsequent reorganization allowed the Wabash to become an important carrier during the go-go years of the 1920s and permitted the company to take control of a strategic "bridge" property, the Ann Arbor Railroad. The Great Depression forced the company into another receivership, but an effective reorganization during the early days of World War II gave rise to a generally robust road. Its famed Blue Bird streamliner, introduced in 1950 between Chicago and St. Louis, became a widely recognized symbol of the "New Wabash." When "merger madness" swept the railroad industry in the 1960s, the Wabash, along with the Nickel Plate Road, joined the prosperous Norfolk & Western Railway, a merger that worked well for all three carriers. Immortalized in the popular folk song "Wabash Cannonball," the midwestern railroad has left important legacies. Today, forty years after becoming a "fallen flag" carrier, key components of the former Wabash remain busy rail arteries and terminals, attesting to its historic value to American transportation.
Author: Greg Smith
Author: Greg Smith
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Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Author: Karen-Lee Ryan
Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
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Author: H. Roger Grant
Author: H. Roger Grant
Author: H. Roger Grant