(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 29.)
CORINTH, N.Y. A town on the southern edge of the Adirondacks has purchased 15 miles of railroad track as part of a plan to run a scenic train service to a state-run ski area.
The town of Corinth used $2 million in state and federal grant money to buy the rail line, which was most recently owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. The tracks run north from Saratoga Springs to Corinth. Economic development officials envision running trains between Saratoga Springs and North Creek in Warren County, where the Gore Mountain ski center is located.
Officials in Saratoga and Warren counties would select an operator for tourist trains that could be up and running by the fall. Planners say the trains would be used by skiers, fall foliage tours and whitewater rafting enthusiasts.
Theodore Roosevelt used the North Creek-to-Saratoga rail line to leave the Adirondacks in 1901 after receiving word that President William McKinley had been shot in Buffalo.