New news about Woodcock Hollow slide on the WMSRR

Thanks for the update!

Any link to the article? Was talking to an inspector who remembers them flipping the bike trail and the tracks to get away from the edge the last time it happened. 

It's kind of interesting that when the trail was first proposed there were a lot of people, myself included, that thought it might mean the end of the railroad. The trail has now successfully  coexisted with the railroad for several years. It would also seem that the county is now willing to spend more money on the railroad they might not have had the trail not been there.

I'm sorry, I have no link to the story, I have the newspaper, and one has to subscribe to check it out via the web, as far as I know.  But really, there isn't more that what I've reported here, nothing about slides there before, for instance.

Their website address is  www.Times-News.com

Ed

$9M+?  Wow, money doesn't go as far as it used to. 

Bill, that's the total bond for the county, "only" one million of the nine was for the Scenic Railroad.

Ed

I had mentioned this before.  Part of the Railroad trip to Frostburg is the bike trail/ride.  Bikes can be rented not far from the Cumberland station, or you can bring your own bikes.  Price of a ticket, the bikes are loaded in the baggage car for the ride to Frostburg.  You can bike the 15 miles back to Cumberland.   The trail and railroad co-exist well, IMO.   My grandson and I, a 2012 bike ride back to Cumberland.   Click on the link.

Unfortunately, no trains have gone to Frostburg since February, and it may be Spring-Summer 2017 before they do again.
I do not know if bike service currently goes to end of active trackage at Lap siding.