Article: Friends of Cheat gets grant for Preston Rail Trail.

Byline: Kathy Plum

Mar. 2--TO CONTACT Friends of the Cheat, call 329-3621, or go to www.cheat.org. INFO about the Bikes Belong Coalition, visit bikesbelong.org.

KINGWOOD -- A grant from Bikes Belong Coalition brings closer the day when bicycle wheels and walking shoes will replace locomotives, diesels and electric trains on the former Northern Railroad corrider.

Bikes Belong awarded a $7,500 grant to Friends of the Cheat to help develop the abandoned rail corridor into the Preston Rail Trail.

The 10.7-mile segment will link Kingwood with Tunnelton.

Friends of the Cheat's goal is to restore, preserve, and promote the ...

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