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Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor

Construction for the Adirondack Rail Trail Restarts

April 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Removing New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Rails October 2020 DEC PhotoThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Office of General Services (OGS) has announced the start of 2023 construction on the Adirondack Rail Trail between Station Street in Lake Placid and Broadway in Saranac Lake. This trail segment is now closed to all users during construction. [Read more…] about Construction for the Adirondack Rail Trail Restarts

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Rail Trail, Adirondacks, bicycling, DEC, development, hiking, Lake Placid, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Saranac Lake, snowmobiling

Adirondack Rail Trail Design & Construction Starting

March 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Remsen- Lake Placid Travel CorridorThe New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Transportation (DOT), in cooperation with the Office of General Services (OGS), have announced the completion of the transfer of jurisdiction for a 34-mile segment of the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor. [Read more…] about Adirondack Rail Trail Design & Construction Starting

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Rail Trail, Adirondack Rail-Trail Debate, Adirondacks, bicycling, Cross-Country Skiing, DEC, Department of Transportation, DOT, Essex County, Franklin County, hiking, Lake Placid, New York Central RR, railroads, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Saranac Lake, snowmobiling, Transportation History, Tupper Lake

Former NY Central Adirondack Division Rails Being Removed

October 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Removing New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Rails October 2020 DEC PhotoThe New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) has begun tearing up the former NY Central Adirondack Division tracks connecting Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, part of a $1.9 million State project to build a rail trial suitable for use by bicyclists and snowmobilers.

The 34-mile rail corridor being removed was key to a once-thriving 119-mile railroad which operated almost continuously from 1892 until 1972, first as the Mohawk & Malone, and then by the New York Central starting in 1913. [Read more…] about Former NY Central Adirondack Division Rails Being Removed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Mohawk Valley, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondack Scenic Railroad, Cross-Country Skiing, DEC, development, hiking, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, mountain biking, New York Central RR, railroads, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, snowmobiling, Transportation History, Tupper Lake

Vote On Historic Railroad Corridor Set For Thursday

May 11, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

APA Building in Ray Brook NYThe Adirondack Park Agency will decide if the proposed final Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor UMP conforms to the State Land Master Plan. The State is planning to tear up part of the historic Adirondack Railroad line between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid for a multi-use trail. [Read more…] about Vote On Historic Railroad Corridor Set For Thursday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: APA, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, Minerva, Minerva Lake, railroads, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Saranac Lake, State Land Master Plan, Tupper Lake

Adirondack Wild: Rail-Trail Plan Fails to Assess Impacts

April 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

adirondack wildA DEC plan for the 119-mile Travel Corridor that runs through the heart of the Adirondack Park does not adequately assess actual and projected impacts on the Park’s public wilderness and natural resources according to the group Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve.

At issue is whether the plan complies with the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. Adirondack Wild does not believe it does comply. The group filed comments on the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan amendment with the Adirondack Park Agency this week. [Read more…] about Adirondack Wild: Rail-Trail Plan Fails to Assess Impacts

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Wild, biking, DEC, Forest Preserve, hiking, Historic Preservation, New York Central RR, railroads, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, snowmobiling, State Land Master Plan

Comments Sought On Plan To Tear-Up Historic Rail Line

March 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff 13 Comments

The Adirondack Park Agency has announced a public comment period for Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance on proposals from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to amend the 1996 Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan.

The State is planning to tear up part of the historic Adirondack Railroad line between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid for a multi-use trail.

[Read more…] about Comments Sought On Plan To Tear-Up Historic Rail Line

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Department of Transportation, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, State Land Master Plan, Transportation History

State Issues New Plan For Historic Adirondack Rail Line

November 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Remsen Lake Placid Travel Corridor map courtesy DECThe New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Transportation (DOT) have announced the release of a draft Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan (UMP) Amendment/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

The amended proposal comes after the operators of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, which ran on the line between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, successfully sued the state. They successfully argued that the State’s plan to turn the historic railroad line into a rail-trail did not comply with state historic preservation law or the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan.

The decision was handed down by State Supreme Court Judge Robert Main Jr. in 2017.  In December, 2018 the state Adirondack Park Agency changed the “travel corridor” definition in the State Land Master Plan to allow for the removal of the rails. [Read more…] about State Issues New Plan For Historic Adirondack Rail Line

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, DEC, Economic Development, hiking, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Saranac Lake, Tourism, Transportation, Transportation History, Tupper Lake

Public Meetings Over Historic Railroad Line Planned

August 27, 2013 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

NYCRR Adk Div MapThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced today that they will hold four public meetings in September about the management of the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, a 119-mile nineteenth-century rail line in the western Adirondacks.

A bitter debate has raged in the Adirondacks over the past several years after rail-trail advocates began pushing to have the historic railroad tracks torn-up.  In 2011, an organization calling themselves Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates began calling for the outser of the tourist railroad operation and for conversion of the rail bed to a multi-use trail. More than 10,000 people have signed-on to a petition calling for the removal of the tracks.  The trail advocates’ call for a reassessment of the corridor’s management plan has resulted in this round of public hearings.  [Read more…] about Public Meetings Over Historic Railroad Line Planned

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Scenic Railroad, Adirondacks, Historic Preservation, New York Central RR, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Transportation

Move To Tear-Up Adirondack RR Draws Response

June 26, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Scenic Railroad Pumpkin TrainWhat follows is a press release issued by Bethan Maher, Executive Officer of the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society.

The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on June 6th that the State will initiate a public process to review the Unit Management Plan for the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, part of the 141 miles of track on which the Adirondack Scenic Railroad operates.  Although the Railroad does not feel that revisiting the UMP is necessary in determining the future of the rail corridor, the Railroad remains confident that the State will once again determine the best use of this public asset is to maintain its designation as a multi-use corridor with a completed rail line and blended recreational and trail opportunities along the completed line. [Read more…] about Move To Tear-Up Adirondack RR Draws Response

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondack Scenic Railroad, Adirondacks, Economic Development, Historic Preservation, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Transportation

Adirondack Rail-Trail: Railway Preservation Society Responds

June 13, 2013 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

49511What follows is a press release issued by the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society in response to a decision by the state to reopen the plans for the Adirondack Scenic Railroad route, formerly part of the New York Central Railroad, through the Adirondacks. The state acted following activism by the group Adirodnack Recreational Trail Advocates who seek to have the rails torn up for a rail-trail.

The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on June 6th that the State will initiate a public process to review the Unit Management Plan for the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, part of the 141 miles of track on which the Adirondack Scenic Railroad operates.  Although the Railroad does not feel that revisiting the UMP is necessary in determining the future of the rail corridor, the Railroad remains confident that the State will once again determine the best use of this public asset is to maintain its designation as a multi-use corridor with a completed rail line and blended recreational and trail opportunities along the completed line. [Read more…] about Adirondack Rail-Trail: Railway Preservation Society Responds

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, Tourism

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