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New Jersey's Abandoned Train Tracks Are Being Transformed Into Gorgeous And Useful Green Spaces

The state of New Jersey is transforming its abandoned tracks from its long railroad history into beautiful green spaces that ...
Lehigh Valley Live

How a depression-era abandoned railroad in Pa. became America’s most innovative highway

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1 ...
The Boston Globe

Ten creepy Boston discoveries

Good morning! I’ll be on vacation for a week, and a few colleagues will fill in while I’m gone. See you in November. But first, we’re going underneath the streets of Boston to look at 10 unsolved, ...
NBC DFW

Family bought an abandoned train car from 1909 for $3,000 and turned it into an Airbnb that brings in over $90,000 a year—take a look inside

When Deary, Idaho native Isaac French's dad saw an abandoned train car on a neighbor's farm, he knew there was potential for something great. The car, built in the 1900s, had been sitting in the same ...
NBC New York

Family's abandoned train car turned Airbnb brings in up to $110,000 a year: ‘Our dreams were surpassed'

In 2020, Isaac French, 27, and his family purchased a train car that had been sitting abandoned on a neighbor's farm in Deary, Idaho. They paid just $3,000. Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s ...