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The Great Gorge Route or Niagara Belt Line was an interurban trolley belt line encompassing the Niagara Gorge, operated by the International Railway and Niagara Gorge Railroad. Many dignitaries rode this line and they used to use a flat car with search light to illuminate the Niagara Whirlpool at night (during the tourist season).
The Niagara Gorge Railroad (forming part of the Great Gorge Route) was an interurban railway which ran at the bottom of the Niagara Gorge (at water level) from Niagara Falls, New York to Lewiston, New York.
Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail: 3.8 miles (6.1 km) Rockland County: Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie Railroad) Kaaterskill Rail Trail: Currently 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The goal is to connect the Village of Hunter to North-South Lake [15] Greene County: Ulster and Delaware Railroad: Kennedy Rail Trail? Westchester and Putnam Counties
Fort Hill Rail Trail; Goffstown Rail Trail [41] Granite Town Rail Trail [42] Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail [43] Industrial Heritage Trail; Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail; Londonderry Rail Trail [44] Nashua River Rail Trail; New Boston Rail Trail [45] Northern Rail Trail; Piscataquog Trail [46] Rockingham Recreational Trail [47] South ...
Most of this line was combined with a parallel route on the American side and lasted until 1932 as the Niagara Gorge Railroad (also known as the Great Gorge Route, or the Niagara Belt Line). [9] Although pamphlets and advertisements for the Great Gorge Route show service only as far as Niagara Falls, historic maps of the area [ 7 ] show tracks ...
The Lehigh Gorge Trail has a fine crushed stone surface suitable for hiking and cycling. The 25-mile (40 km) downhill grade from White Haven to Jim Thorpe makes the trail popular with cyclists who use various shuttle services from the Jim Thorpe area to reach the White Haven trail head, for an easy "downhill" pedal.
In 2019, an audit by the borough of Jim Thorpe revealed the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway owed the borough $90,000 in amusement tax. The Railway fought the tax bill in court, where the judge sided with the borough; the railway appealed the decision, arguing that the tourist railroad was "not an amusement". [12]
The Catskill Scenic Trail is a multi-use rail trail along the former Ulster and Delaware Railroad right-of-way in rural Delaware County, New York. It runs approximately 19 miles (31 km) from Grand Gorge, New York to Bloomville, New York. The western portion of the trail runs along the West Branch of the Delaware River.