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The York Railway (reporting mark YRC) is a shortline railroad operating 48 miles (77 km) [1] of track in and near York, Pennsylvania.YRC was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in 2002, has a capacity of 286,000, and has three interchanges: CSX (Porters, Pennsylvania and Hanover, Pennsylvania); East Penn Railroad (York, Pennsylvania); Norfolk Southern (York, Pennsylvania).
In 1990 York County officials looked to develop the 18.5 mile-corridor alongside the dormant trackage. [7] Expansion of the Heritage Rail Trail north along the Codorus Creek, called the Northern Extension, began in 2005 at John C. Rudy County Park and headquarters of the York County Department of Parks & Recreation.
A 6-mile (10 km) long section of the Ma and Pa's old right-of-way was converted in 1998 to a rail trail in Harford County, Maryland, now designated as part of the Ma & Pa Trail. [15] In Baltimore, Ma and Pa track remnants and the old roundhouse, freight shed, and yard shed remain along Falls Road near Baltimore Penn Station. [16]
Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering, at a minimum, a combination of pedestrian and cycle recreation.
The trail extends 19.7 miles from Ashland Road in Cockeysville to the Mason–Dixon line, where it becomes the York County Heritage Rail Trail and continues to York, Pennsylvania. [2] The trail is 10 feet (3.0 m) wide with a stone dust surface. The majority of the trail runs along the Gunpowder River and Beetree Run. [2] Popular activities on ...
Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus Lake, is an endurance race designer and director.His races include the Barkley Marathons, Big's Backyard Ultra, the Barkley Fall Classic, Vol State 500K, [1] A Race for the Ages, [2] the Last Annual Heart of the South, [3] and the Strolling Jim 40. [4]
The trials for the men's marathon were held November 3, 2007, in New York City, [1] the women's marathon were held April 20 in Boston, [2] and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held February 9 in Miami, Florida.
The race was called the "Berwick Marathon" until the 1970s and 1980s. But since the race is too short to qualify as a marathon, and winners receive diamonds as part of their prize, the name was changed to "Run for the Diamonds". The number of participants has grown dramatically, from about 100 runners in 1973 to 1,985 runners in 2009.