Life & Culture Former rail line named Pennsylvania Trail of the Year Updated: Jan. 31, 2023, 5:55 p.m. | Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 11:44 a.m.

The Rail-Trail Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania (RTC), a non-profit organization that manages and maintains the D&H Rail-Trail, has already enhanced 24 miles of trail.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — For more than 30 years, there has been an effort to transform an old rail line in Susquehanna County into a biking and hiking trail.

Its acquisition in 1945 makes it one of America's earliest rail trails — as in, a trail that had been converted from an unused railroad — but its history goes back further than that. Back in ...

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy projects the Great American Rail-Trail will cover 3,700 miles through 12 states, including Pennsylvania.

One company, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, abandoned operations in Pennsylvania entirely at the end of March 1972. Hurricane Agnes hit the Wyoming Valley two months later and only worsened ...

STEVENS POINT (WBNG) -- On Thursday, the Rail-Trail Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania introduced Susquehanna County’s newest addition, the Stevens Point Bridge.