Cornell: Trading Coal Cars for E-Bikes, Rail Trail Promotes Sustainability
November 18, 2021
November 18, 2021
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 18 (TNSRes) -- Cornell University issued the following news:
By James Dean
Just east of Ithaca in the Town of Dryden, a pair of wooden railroad trestles are remnants of an era when coal cars bound for Cornell's heating plant rumbled regularly over a meandering Cascadilla Creek.
Newly restored and cleared of the overgrowth that claimed the former Lehigh Valley Railroad bed after a century of service ended in 1972, the bridges are . . .
By James Dean
Just east of Ithaca in the Town of Dryden, a pair of wooden railroad trestles are remnants of an era when coal cars bound for Cornell's heating plant rumbled regularly over a meandering Cascadilla Creek.
Newly restored and cleared of the overgrowth that claimed the former Lehigh Valley Railroad bed after a century of service ended in 1972, the bridges are . . .