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#11 CNJRoss

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Posted 26 January 2022 - 06:53 PM

Times Union, Albany, NY  1/22/22

 

 

Saratoga-North Creek Railroad tracks are going to auction   

 

Interested rail operators and others are stepping forward

 

 

NORTH CREEK – The dormant 30-mile stretch of railroad tracks between this resort community and the old mining settlement of Tahawus may soon see freight trains once again, now that the tracks are set to be auctioned in March.

 

There’s already been one bid for the tracks – from Revolution Rail, which for the past several years has operated a rail-biking attraction in which tourists ride along the tracks in specially built carts with pedals.

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Posted 28 April 2022 - 06:05 AM

Trains News Wire

 
After first bid falls through, new buyer set for former Saratoga & North Creek line

 

April 28, 2022

 

Revolution Rail, operator of rail bikes, to buy route for $2.7 million

 

 

NORTH CREEK, N.Y. — The Tahawus segment of the former Saratoga & North Creek Railway has a new owner. Again.

 

The Albany Times-Union reports that Revolution Rail will pay $2.7 million for the 30-mile segment of the line north of North Creek, which was not part of regular S&NC tourist operations. That portion leads to a former titanium mine in Newcomb, N.Y.

 

Revolution had been the No. 2 bidder in a bankruptcy auction for the rail line, but the winning bidder — Doc N Duchess Railway, owned by New Mexico residents John and Carol McLean Wright — failed to produce a required down payment [see “Sale of Saratoga & North Creek trackage in jeopardy,” Trains News Wire, April 8, 2022].

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