We have a trail clean up scheduled for Saturday May 19th at 9:00.
Meetup in the Parking lot on Union St behind Outdoor Wood Products.
We will be picking up trash from the Corner to the Granite Ave apartments.
Work Gloves & Trashbags provided, bring your favorite tools!
Good morning, Fellow Rail Trailers,
Things are looking good for our Methuen Rail Trail, though it’s still a work in progress. Come on out and join us for a walk of our trail on Sunday, April 29, 2012. We’re meeting at 8:30 a.m. behind IHOP. Don’t forget your binoculars for checking out the heron rookery or your camera for capturing interesting scenes along the way. The day is supposed to be sunny but cool, perfect for a walk.
Water and snacks will be provided. Hope to see you there, and we’d love to see new faces on our new trail.
Happy walking!
Janice
Bring your binoculars and your lopping shears, we will checking out the trails in the bird sanctuary! Trash bags will be provided!
Meet us at the end of Pine St at 10:00AM
At our first meeting of the year we will be collecting ideas for events for 2012!
As you can see they have been working as hard as beavers on our rail trail.
We need to come up with some great events for 2012 to introduce it to people.
Our primary goal for 2012 will be a membership drive, as we will need many volunteer to take part and run events!
7PM in the Study Room at
Nevins Memorial Library
305 South Broadway
Refreshments will be provided!
Congratulations to the folks who showed up to walk on the under construction Methuen Rail Trail!. Displayed are about half the folks who attended. the weather was ridiculously warm which made it easier to appreciated the work in progress.
See you all next New Years Day
First the rails and plates get detached from the ties, now they get disassembled for shipping!
The rails are being sorted according to wear and tear, the BETTER pieces are going to become a tunnel in Queens.
You’re invited. Come one, come all. If you didn’t make it to First Night, you can still start the New Year off on the right foot by joining us for ‘FIRST WALK’ on the ever developing Methuen Rail Trail. You can begin your New Years resolution to take better care of yourself or to get more exercise by meeting us on Sunday, New Years Day at noon behind IHOP at the N.H. end of our Methuen Rail Trail. The sun is supposed to shine, but dress in layers anyway, and if you like, add a hat and mittens. The ground could be muddy so wear appropriate footgear.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Iron Horse Preservation makes plans with Conservation to put up temporary erosion controls around sections that need to be protected. In Methuen it will mostly be for the protection of the Blanding’s Turtle and other reptiles are who confused by the warm weather.
What a successful event we had today. At least 12 people showed up this morning to walk the trail in the fog. Not everyone all at once of course, just small groups of 2 to 4 people and a couple of onesies with and without dog accompaniment. It was inspiring to see so many folks enjoying the trail at once. It was warmish and damp, but knowing New England it could have just as easily been brisk or painfully cold, any way it works out to a nice walk before breakfast, brunch or what have you.
Right now we are penciling it in for next year same time, same day. Only then the trail will be paved and the area around the depot and under five corners will be cleaned up so. Next year we can start off from the depot and go in either direction. Perhaps popping into the IHOP for a coffee before walking back. It will be nice to see many more people using the area recreationally, and perhaps we won’t have to bring so many trash bags.
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