A promise years in the making has been completed with the final stretch of paving to the Panhandle Recreation Trail.

Managed under the auspices of the Weirton Board of Parks and Recreation, with support for many years from a group of dedicated volunteers who have provided much of the labor and maintenance, the trail was established on a former rail line (something which has been done in many communities across the nation over the last 30 years or so).

I grew up, and still reside, near the trail, and can still recall seeing the train traveling along that particular corridor in my youth. I often would go over there, riding my bicycle on a nearby road, and occasionally walk along the tracks, making certain to keep an ear out for the train whistle.

When it was converted into a recreation tr

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