This is an independent, informational resource about the Rutland Trail and New York State's rail-trails, abandoned railroads, and historic trolley lines. If you have a correction, a photograph, a corridor to suggest, or an update on the condition of a trail, we would be glad to hear from you. Contributions from people who know the ground firsthand are what keep a guide like this accurate over time.
Send a Message
Use the form below to get in touch. Because trail conditions and corridor histories are always changing, first-hand knowledge is especially welcome — whether you have ridden a trail end to end, found the trace of a line long gone, or noticed that a bridge is out or a section has reopened since these pages were written.
What Kinds of Contributions Help
Reports that a section has opened, closed, flooded, or been rerouted are always useful, as are photographs of trail conditions and features, notes on parking and access at trailheads, and leads on corridors — especially obscure branches, spurs, and interurban lines — that deserve to be documented before their traces disappear. Local knowledge is the lifeblood of a resource like this one, because no map or archive can keep up with a landscape that changes every season.
Historical material is welcome too. Old timetables, right-of-way maps, station photographs, and family recollections of a line that once ran through your town all help fill in the record, particularly for the smaller railroads and trolley lines that were never well documented in the first place. If you are not sure whether something is useful, send it anyway — a single old photograph or a half-remembered route has more than once turned out to be the missing piece for a corridor that had otherwise vanished from memory.
A Note on Trail Stewards
If your question is about the current rules, hours, or official status of a specific trail, the agency or friends group that manages that corridor is the best source, since conditions and policies change more quickly than any general guide can track. This resource is happy to point you toward the right steward where one exists, and to record what you learn so the next visitor benefits from it.
What Happens Next
Messages sent through this form help keep the guide accurate and current. For general background on the trails and corridors covered here, browse the rail-trails directory or read more about this resource.