RFP-WC 80-10 - Train Operator & Train Service for Short Line Railroad

Summary of Specifications:
The County of Warren and the Town of Corinth seek proposals for the provision of train service by a qualified Operator interested in providing rolling stock and excursion train service with or without freight service train over the Municipal rail line with stops (to be proposed and/or negotiated) in the various Towns located along the line and within Warren and Saratoga Counties. Municipal railroad tracks and certain supporting infrastructure exist in the Counties of Warren and Saratoga between the Town of Corinth and North Creek in the Town of Johnsburg and are available beginning January 1, 2011. The rail line is FRA Class II and travels a course which at one point takes it along the northerly part of the Hudson River to North Creek New York and has a southerly connection available to the Canadian Pacific Line to points south (Saratoga, Albany, New York, etc.). After entering upon the Canadian Pacific Rail Line, there is also a train station in Saratoga Springs under lease by the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA)which has station space available.