David French stands in the former mail compartment of the restored train car, now a bedroom. DEARY, Idaho — Loyal Fleener was worried about his barn collapsing because of snow piling up on the roof.

OSBURN, Idaho — Driving through the Silver Valley on I-90, you probably wouldn't notice anything strange about the overpass in Osburn, Idaho. But more than 50 years after it was first built, the ...

The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

Property manager David French shows off the interior of the restored train car near Deary, Idaho. DEARY, Idaho — Loyal Fleener was worried about his barn collapsing because of snow piling up on the ...