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The impetus for the for Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study came with the passage of the 2019 Massachusetts Transportation Bond Bill (Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2019). [12] [13] [14] This legislation instructed the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study of passenger rail service along the Northern Tier ...
Wrapping up a study of "Northern Tier" passenger rail options, the Department of Transportation said the six options examined for a route from the state's northwestern corner to its eastern ...
A proposal known as Northern Tier Passenger Rail is in the early stages of planning, and would extend the Fitchburg Line westward through Greenfield and terminate at North Adams, following the existing CSX (formerly Pan Am) rail corridor. The first official study meeting was scheduled to take place in Fall 2021. [23]
Trail supporters. The CVRT is managed and maintained by the Cumberland Valley Rails-to-Trail Council (CVRTC). The CVRTC is an all-volunteer, non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable corporation dedicated to conservation, historic preservation, recreation, and alternative transportation through the development of multi-use trails along former railroad corridors and other areas.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania Legislature on April 2, 1831, to construct a railroad from Carlisle to a point on the Susquehanna River at or near Harrisburg. This charter expired, but it was renewed on April 15, 1835, allowing the road to be built from the Susquehanna River to Chambersburg.
Central Railroad of New Jersey: Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad: CNJ: 1875 1917 Central Railroad of New Jersey: Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad: CNJ: 1887 1917 Central Railroad of New Jersey: Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad: RDG: 1874 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad: DL&W DL ...
The Pennsylvania legislature chartered the York and Cumberland Railroad Company (Y&C) on April 21, 1846, [35] to connect the York & Maryland Line with the Cumberland Valley Railroad somewhere north of Mechanicsburg. The Y&C had trouble raising enough money within the state of Pennsylvania to begin construction, so its stock was made available ...
The Brush Tunnel is a 914-foot (279 m) railroad tunnel located about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Corriganville, Maryland.. It was built in 1911 by the Western Maryland Railway, and is currently used by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, a tourist railroad running between Frostburg and Cumberland, Maryland, as well as the Great Allegheny Passage formerly known as the Allegheny Highlands Trail of ...