Topsfield Rail Trail

According to the Tri-Town Transcript, Topsfield selectmen may have struck a deal that will lead to the a new rail trail on the abandoned section of railroad tracks that run from Summer Street to the Wenham town line.  Nevada-based non-profit Iron Horse Preservation Society has offered to remove all the track and ties from nearly two miles of abandoned railroad at no cost to the town.

Iron Horse is a group that extracts railroad infrastructure across the country and sells the metal for barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.  In return, the Topsfield Rail Trail may receive a trail suitable for biking without any of the cost or effort.

Recently the Rail Trail Committee finished Phase 1 of the Rail Trail, a roughly half-mile section of roadway that runs from Washington Street to Summer Street.

Read the entire Tri-Town Transcript article.