I grew up in Richmond and am well aware that the Cardinal Greenway Trail is a rails-to-trails conversion of the old C&O Railroad that used to haul long coal trains from the mines in SE Kentucky and West Virginia up to the steel mills along the Southwestern Lake Michigan shore. I attended college at Ball State University in Muncie during the early 70's and often saw those freights along U.S. 35 as I drove that way many times. But things have changed significantly over the past 4 to 5 decades. C&O abandoned that stretch of rail once the steel mill industry moved largely off-shore and the high sulfur coal from those mines was replaced by coal from Western mines that was closer to the surface and had lower sulfur content. Hence, the abandoned railway is now the Cardinal Greenway. I haven't lived there in over 50 years and have never ridden the new trail. As I understand it, though, there are certain sections where some land owners have claimed rights from the railroad right-of-way and have caused trail users to detour onto sections of county roads for brief stretches. This is particularly true once one gets North of Muncie. One of these days I may have to drive down there and ride that trail just for the nostalgia.
On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:01:17 PM UTC-5 Josh C wrote: > My first attempt at this. The site is a bit old tech. It kept telling me > that my post was too long, so I broke it up. May have been the pic size. > Sorry for the typo's. I think I got the point across at least. > > On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:26:35 PM UTC-4 Josh C wrote: > >> [image: IMG_0476.jpeg][image: IMG_0480.jpeg][image: IMG_0463.jpeg][image: >> IMG_0465.jpeg] >> >> On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:23:16 PM UTC-4 Josh C wrote: >> >>> [image: IMG_0467.jpeg][image: IMG_0466.jpeg][image: IMG_0464.jpeg] >>> Both of these rides were accomplished on my Atlantis, a 2008 Toyo 61 CM >>> for those that want details. And yes, that’s a sign telling you not to >>> drive your horse and buggy on the trail. >>> On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:20:20 PM UTC-4 Josh C wrote: >>> >>>> [image: IMG_0467.jpeg][image: IMG_0481.jpeg][image: IMG_0478.jpeg] >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:18:08 PM UTC-4 Josh C wrote: >>>> >>>>> So, I went back and wrote the southern portion today. I drove out to >>>>> Richmond, IN, about an hour or so from Indianapolis on the Ohio/Indiana >>>>> line, and headed north a little past, Losantville, IN for a total of >>>>> about >>>>> 60 miles. It was a pleasant ride with at least 3/4 being in the shade of >>>>> trees along the old Cardinal. I just thought I’d share. >>>>> >>>>> [image: IMG_0477.jpeg] >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a0d8aca2-6c35-4bb2-8537-c05209084171n%40googlegroups.com.
