From Ellicott Road to the Orchard Park Depot < Back Orchard Park Trail Closure for Maintenance July 9th ECRT Maintenance Team Jul 6, 2025 From Ellicott Road to the Orchard Park Depot Notice: Temporary Orchard Park Trail Closure for Maintenance Wednesday, July 9th, 3:30 pm - Sunset Ellicott Road to the Orchard Park Depot Thanks in advance for your cooperation! Previous Next

Steve has over 32 years of banking industry experience as a Financial / Strategic Planning Consultant to the Banking Industry and previously served as Chief Operating Officer of FinPro Inc. Steve currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Country Bank in MA. Steve is an avid biker and trail rider and has ridden on a wide range of rail trails across 12 states. Steve believes the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail is a very valuable asset to the Western NY community and is excited by the opportunity to work with the talented and dedicated group at ECRT to complete and open the entire 27 miles of trail to public use. < Back Steve Musso Steve has over 32 years of banking industry experience as a Financial / Strategic Planning Consultant to the Banking Industry and previously served as Chief Operating Officer of FinPro Inc. Steve currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Country Bank in MA. Steve is an avid biker and trail rider and has ridden on a wide range of rail trails across 12 states. Steve believes the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail is a very valuable asset to the Western NY community and is excited by the opportunity to work with the talented and dedicated group at ECRT to complete and open the entire 27 miles of trail to public use. Previous Next

Browse more than 150 new products and save 15% on your purchases until August 21st. < Back New Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Merchandise Deborah Stellrecht Aug 15, 2024 Browse more than 150 new products and save 15% on your purchases until August 21st. We're excited to announce our NEW online store today - the ECRT Shop. There you'll find ECRT branded clothing items to suit anyone's style, mugs, stickers, water bottles and more. When you buy, you'll also be giving to the trail, because ECRT receives a percentage of each purchase! ecrt-shop.myspreadshop.com Previous Next

Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Events Events Oct 3, 2026 EA2EVL Fondo 2026 Register now for EA2EVL Fondo 2026! Read More Aug 13, 2026 ECRT and 42 North Community Night 2026 Bring your friends & family to Community Night at 42 North Brewing Company! Read More May 2, 2026 Celebrate Trails Day Fun Run & Walk Join Us for Celebrate Trails Day! Read More Mar 15, 2026 West Falls Easter Egg Hunt 2026 Here comes Peter Cottontail! Read More Feb 21, 2026 Join us on the trail with snowshoes or skis Let's get out and play in the snow! Read More Oct 18, 2025 Explore a Section of ECRT in Concord Springville/Concord Friends group leader Mary Carol Dearing will lead this hike on a lovely but seldom explored section of trail. Read More Oct 4, 2025 EA2EVL Fondo 2025 Sign up today for EA2EVL Fondo 2025! Read More Sep 23, 2025 EA2EVL Fondo Friendraiser 2025 Join us for a friendraiser at 42 North Brewing Company! Read More Sep 20, 2025 Grand Opening of New Trail Section in Aurora Let's celebrate this latest trail opening together! Read More Jul 20, 2025 Come see us at Skyride 190 We'd love to see you - stop by the ECRT table at the after party! Read More May 20, 2025 Springville Trail Clean Up Volunteers needed for Springville trail clean-up Read More Apr 26, 2025 Stay tuned! We're busy planning our next event. Check back soon! Read More Apr 13, 2025 Members Sunset/Full Moon Trail Walk Join fellow ECRT Members for a walk on the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail in Orchard Park as the sun sets and the full moon rises. Read More Apr 12, 2025 West Falls Easter Egg Hunt 2025 Walk the Trail! Prizes & Candy! Photo-Op with the Easter Bunny Read More Oct 5, 2024 EA2EVL Fondo 2024! Sign up today for EA2EVL Fondo 2024! Read More Sep 26, 2024 ECRT Friendraiser at 42 North Brewing Support our EA2EVL riders – Learn more about the trail Read More Jun 1, 2024 Orchard Park Trail Walk Celebrate National Trails Day with a walk on the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail! Read More Apr 13, 2024 Spring Trail Walk in East Concord Explore the Rail Trail in East Concord Read More Mar 23, 2024 West Falls Easter Egg Hunt 2024 The Easter bunny is coming to visit the rail trail in West Falls on Saturday, March 23rd! Read More Mar 16, 2024 Come and see us at WNY Equifest 2024! Meet other riders and learn more about the equestrian-friendly parts of the trail. Read More

The Easter bunny is coming to visit the rail trail in West Falls on Saturday, March 23rd! < Back West Falls Easter Egg Hunt 2024 Lisa Rood Mar 23, 2024 The Easter bunny is coming to visit the rail trail in West Falls on Saturday, March 23rd! Register your little ones to have fun on the trail, collect Easter eggs, and have their photo taken with the Easter bunny! Egg supplies are limited, so please sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-egg-hunt-tickets-842837679187 . Previous Next

ECRT will have an information table at the International Fly Fishing Film Festival in Springville, NY on Tuesday, March 5th. < Back Visit us at IF4 2024 in Springville Mar 5, 2024 ECRT will have an information table at the International Fly Fishing Film Festival in Springville, NY on Tuesday, March 5th. IF4™ is the world’s leading fly-fishing film event, consisting of coveted fly-fishing films produced by filmmakers from all corners of the globe and showcases the passion, lifestyle, and culture of fly fishing. It is the gathering place of the fly-fishing community and a celebration of friendship, stories and stoke. Stop by and say hello! The Film Festival is hosted by Springville Field and Stream. Films begin showing at 6:30 pm. Tickets available at https://www.flyfilmfest.com/springvilleny/ . Previous Next

Board of Directors Mary Brummer President Orchard Park mbrummer@ecattrail.org Veterinarian, Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center (Retired) Read more Gary Koeppel Vice-President Orchard Park gkoeppel@ecattrail.org Praxair, Associate Director of Pipeline Engineering (Retired) Read more Steve Musso Treasurer East Aurora smusso@ecattrail.org FinPro- COO (retired) Past Board Member and Treasurer of The Graycliff Conservancy (Retired) Read more Gerald F. Reger Secretary Hamburg jreger@ecattrail.org Sole Proprietor – Professional Accounting and Consulting Services Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo – Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Administrative Officer (Retired) Dopkins & Company, LLP – Partner (Retired) Read more Michael R. Conway Director Orchard Park mconway@ecattrail.org Past Executive Director: Mahoning Valley and Adirondack Economic Development Corporations Read more Dale Morris Director East Aurora dmorris@ecattrail.org Director of Geographic Information Services (Retired) Erie County Department of Environmental Planning Read more Murray Covello Director Orchard Park mcovello@ecattrail.org Praxair – Global Supply Systems Leader (Retired) Past Board Member and Board Chair of Greater Buffalo Chapter of American Red Cross (Retired) Read more Deb Stellrecht Director West Falls dstellrecht@ecattrail.org Website content, Communications/IT Support Read more Lisa Rood Director Boston lrood@ecattrail.org Former Town of Boston Supervisor Current Chair of Boston Zoning Board Consultant for Older Adult Programs – Hamburg United Methodist Church Read more Howy Holmes Director Orchard Park hholmes@ecattrail.org President, Friends of Birdsong Highway Contractor (Retired) 716-983-3605 Read more Kathleen McCrone Director Orchard Park kmccrone@ecattrail.org Marketing and Account Management (Retired) Read more Dorothea Wattles Director Colden dwattles@ecattrail.org Educator – Orchard Park Schools (Retired) Read more John Landi Director Orchard Park jlandi@ecattrail.org Business Data and Analytics Manager at Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP Read more Lauren Weber Director Orchard Park lweber@ecattrail.org Attorney, Phillips Lytle, LLP Read more Marc Romanowski Director Orchard Park mromanowski@ecattrail.org Partner, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC Environmental/Brownfields, Land/Use Zoning, Energy, Municipal, Administrative and Litigation Attorney Read more Francis Hogenkamp Director Orchard Park fhogenkamp@ecattrail.org Optician, Owner & Administrator of Hogenkamp Optics in Orchard Park Orchard Park Village Board member for 20+ years Major fundraiser for restoration of the Orchard Park BR & P Train Depot Read more Dan Barone Director West Seneca dbarone@ecattrail.org Computer/Data Analysis Read more Nicole Avitahl-Curtis Director Orchard Park navitahl-curtis@ecattrail.org Microbiology, Community Engagement Read more Michael Bowen Director Hamburg, NY mbowen@ecattrail.org Retired Senior VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics Operations, M& T Bank Read more Deb Fenn Past President, Director Emeritus Aurora dfenn@ecattrail.org Former communications executive, history teacher and ECRT president. Read more

Recently retired, Murray spent his entire career at Praxair and its former parent company, Union Carbide. Following college in 1981, he joined Union Carbide Plastics and Chemicals in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as a project engineer. After assignments in plant operations and new product production at that facility, he transferred to the gases division in Toronto. This eventually became Praxair Inc. and Murray held assignments in operations, maintenance, plant operations, facilities planning, and sales before becoming Managing Director for Canada in 1999. In 2002, he transferred to the Tonawanda, New York technical center to assume responsibility for North American industrial gas operations. His next assignment in 2005 was President of Praxair Asia, based in Shanghai, China with accountability for the South Korea, China, Thailand, and India regions. He returned to the United States in 2009, again based in Tonawanda, to lead the global operations and procurement groups and, subsequently, to lead the Global Supply Systems (GSS) group that was responsible for the development, design, project management, and construction of the non-hydrogen facilities for Praxair. Murray held this role from 2010 to 2015 until his retirement. Murray received a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from York University (Toronto). < Back Murray Covello Recently retired, Murray spent his entire career at Praxair and its former parent company, Union Carbide. Following college in 1981, he joined Union Carbide Plastics and Chemicals in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as a project engineer. After assignments in plant operations and new product production at that facility, he transferred to the gases division in Toronto. This eventually became Praxair Inc. and Murray held assignments in operations, maintenance, plant operations, facilities planning, and sales before becoming Managing Director for Canada in 1999. In 2002, he transferred to the Tonawanda, New York technical center to assume responsibility for North American industrial gas operations. His next assignment in 2005 was President of Praxair Asia, based in Shanghai, China with accountability for the South Korea, China, Thailand, and India regions. He returned to the United States in 2009, again based in Tonawanda, to lead the global operations and procurement groups and, subsequently, to lead the Global Supply Systems (GSS) group that was responsible for the development, design, project management, and construction of the non-hydrogen facilities for Praxair. Murray held this role from 2010 to 2015 until his retirement. Murray received a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from York University (Toronto). Previous Next

Celebrating another fabulous Fondo! < Back 2024 EA2EVL Fondo a Success Debbie Stellrecht Oct 8, 2024 Celebrating another fabulous Fondo! https://video.wixstatic.com/video/0373ea_6dcbea6329744bb49bd66afd1211ea93/1080p/mp4/file.mp4 Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail thanks each and every 2024 EA2EVL Fondo sponsor, donor, rider, volunteer and cheerleader for supporting our biggest annual fundraiser for its 4th year! You've given so much to help us build more of the trail from the Orchard Park Train Depot to the West Falls Depot. The fundraising total will take a little time to shake out, but we're thrilled to report that once again 400 riders were able to enjoy a beautiful 42 mile ride in great weather and safety. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for more photos and video of this incredible event. Previous Next

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Several of the initial rail trail concept design images and descriptions from the project's infancy in 2013. audio Concept Renderings Springville section of Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail. Click to Enlarge. Orchard Park section of the future Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail. Jewett-Holmwood Intersection Rendering of trail-head. Adjacent to Deer Run & Curley Drive Ellicott Road conceived trail head Jewett-Holmwood Intersection Rendering of trail-head. 1/4 Current Conditions  T he two-mile section of right-of-way between Jewett Holmwood and Ellicott Road in Orchard Park is a small segment of the 27 mile section of the B&PR in Erie and Cattaraugus counties. In 2010, the corridor was cleared, graded and the rails and ties removed. The right-of-way is 125’ wide at Jewett Holmwood Road and 69’ wide at Ellicott Road. It is accessible from town owned property. It is adjacent to a town park and a Smokes Creek tributary. Today, residents trespass on the right-of-way and use it as an unofficial hiking and x-country ski trail, sharing it with deer and other wildlife. The corridor is also used for dumping, hunting and other activities. The following examples are intended to provide a picture of what the B&PR right-of-way might look like if developed as a rail trail. It is intended as a starting point for a community conversation. The visualization is not the only option or final word on trail development. It remains for the residents to decide what is best for their community. Orchard Park Rendering Click to Zoom Orchard Park Rendering Click to Zoom 1/1

Orchard Park Trail Opening Day Photos from the Grand Opening of the Orchard Park Village Trail section Year: 2023 Previous Next