permission from the Surface Transportation Board to restore freight service on the derelict north end of the line as far as Newcomb. Freight service began on the line in February 2013. On August 2, 2013, the rear locomotive of an SNCRR train derailed in Thurman. No injuries were reported, but the railroad was closed temporarily to allow for repairs. On April 3, 2018, plans were announced to shut down the railway line due to financial losses. The final tourist train ran on April 7. The future of the railway line itself is uncertain; the organization Protect the Adirondacks has called for the conversion of the railway line into a rail trail. Four bids for purchasing the line for passenger and freight service were placed in 2019. Passenger service Regularly scheduled service ran once each day Friday through Monday from July 1 to October 31 and on Saturdays and Sundays during the fall and spring. The trip took 2 hours and 12 minutes. A separate service, the Snow Train, ran on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the winter. Unlike the summer trains, the Snow Train had two trains each day in both directions. Railbike tours In 2016, plans were floated for 3-hour pedal-powered railbike tours on a 10-mile section of unused railroad tracks between Moose Pond Club Road and North Creek. The tours opened in July 2017 using two and four-person pedal-powered railbikes. Starting from the North Creek rail depot, tourists are driven to North River, where they pedal north for three miles along a fairly flat route which includes crossing the Hudson River on a trestle before returning on the same route. The trip takes about two hours each way. The tours are operated by Revolution Rail, which pays the railway to use the line. The North End Local runs a shorter route between Thurman and North Creek twice a day on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in July and August. All other trains run the full length of the line between Saratoga Springs and North Creek. References External links Former Saratoga and North Creek Railroad website[Archived 13 February 2018] Former Iowa Pacific Holdings page[Archived 21 September 2018] Hudson River Heritage railroads in New York (state) Tourist attractions in Warren County, New York Railway companies established in 2011 Passenger rail transportation in New York (state) Saratoga Springs, New York