Macon-Milledgeville Rails-to-Trails
Kevin Haywood's map and photo page
Student Project on Baldwin County portion of the railway
4.7 Mb Powerpoint file - Broadband recommended!!
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/development/resfortgcdev.asp
From the Rails to Trails Conservancy, this is the best place to start for information on how to get the project started. The links to follow are highlights from this clearinghouse of information.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/development/acquis/secrets_book.asp
Link to a Fourteen-chapter guidebook on how to get a rails to trail project moving. Topics include: Developing Feasibility Study, Working with Government Agencies, Negotiation with a Railroad, Finding Funds, Publicity, etc. Suggested reading it for a macro level view.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/confpap/default.asp
This list of resources was compiled from staff and guest speakers who made presentations at TrailLink 2003: Designing for the Future - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's International Trails and Greenways Conference, June 2003 in Providence, R.I.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/development/fund/default.asp
Overview from the Rails to Trails Conservancy on funding.
http://www.enhancements.org/trailfunding.htm
Link to links for Federal, State and Private funding sources.
http://www.enhancements.org/factsheets/te_8.htm
Information and links on acquiring Federal Transportation Enhancement (TE) funds.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/online/default.asp
Website contains numerous links to reams of information on getting a Rails to Trails project underway. The following links to PDF reports were culled from this site.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/taserve/tdart.pdf
Link to a brochure from TrailDart. A part of the Rails to Trails Conservancy, TrailDart assists in implementing a Rails to Trails project. The above reports were prepared by TrailDart.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/taserve/tdart.pdf
Link to a brochure from TrailDart. A part of the Rails to Trails Conservancy, TrailDart assists in implementing a Rails to Trails project. The following reports were prepared by TrailDart.
http://www.railtrails.org/whatwedo/information/rwt.pdf
Rails with Trails Reports—Design, Management and Operating Characteristics of 61 Trails Along Active Railroads
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/taserve/FloridaReport.pdf
Trail Assessment Study: The Florida Power and Light Greenway
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/taserve/RegionalTrailSystems.pdf
Discusses models of organization, planning and implementing Regional Greenways
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/highlights/taserve/MontanaReport.pdf
An inventory and assessment report for the Milwaukee Road trail in Montana.
http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/resources/development/acquis/arc_book.asp
A ten chapter how-to manual on acquiring railroad corridors.
http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/contactus/cu_offices.html
Link to RTCA offices and staff to assist
http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/helpfultools/ht_publications.html
Links to National Park Service Publications that address a Rails To Trails Project.
Macon & Augusta Railroad 1859
http://railga.com/maconaug.html
Georgia Railroad Company
http://railga.com/georgia.html
History of Jones County
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2356
Central of Georgia Railway
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1282
Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society
http://www.cofg.org/