Concord NH Trail Plan Could Put Peabody MA Family's Railroad Track Bike Tour Out Of Business

CBS Boston

Updated on: October 23, 2025 / 6:05 AM EDT

A family from Peabody, Massachusetts, spent their life savings to create a unique tourist attraction in New Hampshire.

Now, they're fighting to save it.

Gary and Carolyn LeBlanc launched Scenic Railriders in 2019. They transformed an abandoned stretch of railroad tracks in Concord into a popular destination where visitors can pedal four-person rail bikes along tracks dating back to the mid-1800s. The route winds through farmland and cow pastures along the Merrimack River and offers views that can't be seen from the road.

"We built all our bikes in our garage at home," owner Gary LeBlanc said. "We basically designed the size of them, cut all the aluminum at home, drilled it all out for the bolts. We assembled it all at home. We brought out weed whackers, chainsaws, and clippers. My wife and I, and my three kids. We all pitched in, I couldn't have done it without them."

The Scenic Railriders rail bike trail in Concord, New Hampshire/CBS Boston

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