Two abandoned coal mine sites in Schuylkill to be repaired with more than $8 million in state grants

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...
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Once-abandoned stations are now the heart of urban renewal

Historic train stations across the United States are being renovated and repurposed as major transportation and civic hubs. Many of these stations once faced decline as passenger rail usage fell in ...

Cities from Grimes to Des Moines prepare for potential new rail trail

Clive, Des Moines, Grimes, Urbandale, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights plan to petition the federal government to turn what may soon be a more than 12-mile stretch of abandoned railroad into a new ...
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Watch how these guys climbed an abandoned 1926 railroad bridge in Georgia

Hidden over a quiet Georgia lake sits an abandoned railroad bridge built around 1926 for the Chattahoochee Valley Railway. Trains crossed this steel truss bridge for decades before the line shut down ...