Vestiges of the railroad remain including several bridges, stations, mileage markers, telegraph poles and other railway artifacts like buildings both still standing and ruined.[9][10].

Access is denied to motor vehicles, however, although trailheads typically provide some modest amount of parking.

The most notable encroachment is at Blairstown Airport where the trail ceases to exist for about a half-mile (1 km).

In 1886, the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad built the first part of the railway tracks that is now the trail.

[6] In 1985, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection organized a meeting in Blairstown to decide what should be done with the intention of buying the land.