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  There is a proposal to tear up part of the state owned rail line between Concord and Lincoln for a multi-use recreational bike trail.🚵🚵🚵     It's an idea that should at least be considered.   Purchased in 1975 from a bankrupt Boston & Maine railroad this state owned rail line has never been anything more than seasonal tourist trains and a scant few freight cars serving industries that really no longer even exist.   This is compounded by the fact that the state has no plans or even a strategy to market these rail properties or even improve them. The attitude of DOT Commissioner Victoria T. Sheehan is indifference, I know because I've asked her about state owned rail lines like the Concord-Lincoln line.     Regional Planning Commissions or even the Office of Business and Economic Affairs could advance both state and federal grant applications for this rail line, but they don't because this lethargic rail line just isn't a state prio...

 As a railfan I've riden mountain bikes on near many abandoned and active railroad lines. The Danville rail trail is one of the best in the country.     Rails to trails is still relatively new. Abandoned railroad tracks are being removed becoming an almost instant rail trail. The problem arises when the prior surface materials from decades of railroad operations like gravel, cinders and crossties are left plus New England seasonal storm debris that is often not cleaned up. The trails in New Hampshire and parts of Maine are like this.   This Isn't A Rail Trail. It's A Regular Trail. There Is A Difference.   This isn't the case in Danville. The trail is well graded, maintained and very level for a rail trail. It's distance isn't lengthy but it's very scenic. Unlike most rail trails there is also one way access at both ends of the mountainous route as RCT allows mountain bikes on their busses servicing the entire trail. I'd reccomend starting at ...

 There is a proposal to tear up part of the state owned rail line between Concord and Lincoln for a multi-use recreational bike trail.    It's an idea that should at least be considered.   Purchased in 1975 from a bankrupt Boston & Maine railroad this state owned rail line has never been anything more than seasonal tourist trains and a scant few freight cars serving industries that really no longer even exist. New Hampshire Has No Strategy To Market It's Railroads.   This is compounded by the fact that the state has no plans or even a strategy to market these rail properties or even improve them. The attitude of DOT Commissioner Victoria T. Sheehan is indifference, I know because I've asked her about state owned rail lines like the Concord-Lincoln line.   Regional Planning Commissions or even the Office of Business and Economic Affairs could advance both state and federal grant applications for this rail line, but they don't because this letharg...