Acquiring Rail Corridors:

Over the past 16 years, the rails-to-trails movement has caught on in America. While there were less than 200 rail-trails in the mid-1980s, and just over 800 in 1996, there are now over 1,200 rail-trails nationwide!

However, acquiring a rail corridor presents unique issues that cannot be adequately addressed through the process of public persuasion. Without a transaction, there will be no trail.

That's where Acquiring Rail Corridors fits in. Acquiring Rail Corridors summarizes the knowledge of the country's leading attorneys, nonprofit land acquisition agents, local park directors and rail-trail builders who have successfully acquired rail corridors for trail use.

After reading this book, we hope you will be able to approach a railroad with confidence... and be able to strike a deal. Remember, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is ready to assist you.