A Short Rail-Trail Ride

Combining 2 of my favorite pastimes (recumbent cycling & railroad history), join me for a quick ride aboard my "Catrike Trail" recumbent tricycle on one of Rhode Island's newest rail-trails, the Warren Extension of the popular East Bay Bike Trail. The trail follows a mile of the roadbed of the long-abandoned (1937) Warren, RI to Fall River, MA branch of the Providence, Warren, & Bristol RR (later absorbed by the New Haven RR); this line was an electrified commuter-rail line from 1900 until 1937. The remains of a granite RR bridge abutment are visible at the west (Warren) end of the trail, as well as a granite mile marker on the eastern portion.

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• trains
• railroads
• cycling
• recumbent

[hudsonvalleyguy313]

WHERE IS THIS??????????/ WHAT STATTE???

[WA1LBK]

@hudsonvalleyguy313 This is a brand-new bike trail in East Warren, RI. It's a short trail, just about a mile long. It's close to Rhode Island's most popular bike trail, the East Bay Bike Trail, which runs from Bristol in the South up through Warren & eventuall to Providence, RI. The East Bay trail is 14.5 miles long (went there after I did this ride & did 35 miles more that day). When it was a railroad, this line branched in Warren to Fall River, MA; this section was abandoned in 1937.

[NavXO]

Love the Bristol Bk path! Used to ride on it at least twice a week while attending school on the Naval Base in Newport!

[hudsonvalleyguy313]

@WA1LBK IM IN NY... SO. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS AT .i have A LOT of A LOT OF RAIL TRAIL VIDS

[hudsonvalleyguy313]

@WA1LBK IM IN NY... SO. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS AT...i have A LOT of A LOT OF RAIL TRAIL VIDS