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New Jersey's Abandoned Train Tracks Are Being Transformed Into Gorgeous And Useful Green Spaces

The state of New Jersey is transforming its abandoned tracks from its long railroad history into beautiful green spaces that ...

How a depression-era abandoned railroad became America’s most innovative highway

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...

'From Rails to Trails' Follows the Fight to Convert Abandoned Railroads to Pathways

A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...

One of N.J.’s best restaurants was transformed from an abandoned train station | Review

Opening a restaurant in a train station was never part of the plan. Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer had ...
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Family's abandoned train car turned Airbnb brings in up to $110,000 a year: ‘Our dreams were surpassed'

In 2020, Isaac French, 27, and his family purchased a train car that had been sitting abandoned on a neighbor's farm in Deary, Idaho. They paid just $3,000. Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s ...
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Family bought an abandoned train car from 1909 for $3,000 and turned it into an Airbnb that brings in over $90,000 a year—take a look inside

When Deary, Idaho native Isaac French's dad saw an abandoned train car on a neighbor's farm, he knew there was potential for something great. The car, built in the 1900s, had been sitting in the same ...