Heritage Trail

Heritage Trail can refer to:

Orange Heritage Trailway

The Orange Heritage Trailway is a 12.2-mile (19.6 km)rail trail in Orange County, New York, that runs along the roadbed of the Erie Railroad Main Line from Monroe to a point halfway between Goshen and Middletown, New York.

History

The former Erie Railroad main line turns northwest at a junction and tracks terminate at the defunct Nepera Chemical plant in the village of Harriman. The undeveloped roadbed continues approximately two miles through Harriman and Monroe. The paved begins in Airplane Park in Monroe.

The Erie built a freight bypass that continues north at the junction in Harriman, used by Metro-North's Port Jervis line and freight operator Norfolk Southern Railway. This longer route was the preferred route when local opposition to Metro-North caused the historically important Erie Main Line to be abandoned from Harriman to Middletown.

The rail trail also passes an abandoned Erie branch line in Greycourt that passes through Washingtonville and rejoins the Erie Newburgh Shortcut at Vails Gate Junction in Vails Gate.

Heritage Trail (Iowa)

Coordinates: 42°33′11″N 90°42′32″W / 42.553°N 90.709°W / 42.553; -90.709 Heritage Trail is a 26-mile (42 km) long multiuse rail trail connecting Dubuque and Dyersville, Iowa.

It is maintained by the Dubuque County Conservation Board, and was converted from a segment of the former Chicago Great Western railroad line between Chicago and Oelwein, Iowa. Surfaced with compacted, crushed limestone.

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