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RUTHERFORD — The signs appeared Wednesday.
"No Trespassing," they said. "Norfolk Southern Corp."
The signs mark the entrances to a rail line known as the Carlton Hill Branch, running roughly from the Rutherford NJ Transit station to the Passaic River. Norfolk Southern has owned the land for decades.
But residents say the company hasn't maintained the line in at least 30 years. Until recently, trees and brush grew thick over the tracks.
But about two-and-a-half years ago, a Rutherford resident named Phil—people seem to only know his first name—has been clearing the foliage, constantly and tirelessly, creating a working trail more than two miles long and covering it with wood chips from Irene- and Sandy-felled trees.