Iowa Pacific: Empty Rail Cars Roll Into the Adirondacks, Stirring Controversy

By Paul Post, The New York Times; November 13, 2017

MINERVA, N.Y. — The Hudson River is a small stream as it courses through pristine forests in the Adirondacks in northern New York, not far from its source on Mount Marcy, the state’s highest peak.

During World War II, the federal government built a 30-mile long railroad that sliced through this verdant patch, stretching from North Creek to Tahawus, a remote village about 125 miles north of Albany.

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