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I was going through my 'old photos' archive again when I rediscovered this one. I took this picture last summer and forgot about it...until now.
Believe it or not, this used to be a railroad. It was built in 1852 to connect Locke's Island (as my home town of Lockeport was called until the town was incorporated in 1901) to the mainland on the island's North side to facilitate moving commerce to and from the island via train.
The train stopped running in the early 1980s, and the track bed fell into disuse for years until it was repurposed as a pedestrian and bike trail. As you see, it still serves that function today.
The Spruce Tree in the foreground is a local landmark among those of us who often walk The Old Railroad. We call it 'the hacked tree'. When the town (sort of) capped the track bed with gravel some 20-odd years ago, this tree was in the way.
Happily, instead of just cutting it down, the workers cut away the branches that overhung the old track. It's ever since been known as 'the hacked tree'. It's proven useful when one is walking back to town in a blustery, windy snowstorm:
"Ah I can see the old hacked tree...almost there"
A Crossfolf Camera Presentation. ^__^
Believe it or not, this used to be a railroad. It was built in 1852 to connect Locke's Island (as my home town of Lockeport was called until the town was incorporated in 1901) to the mainland on the island's North side to facilitate moving commerce to and from the island via train.
The train stopped running in the early 1980s, and the track bed fell into disuse for years until it was repurposed as a pedestrian and bike trail. As you see, it still serves that function today.
The Spruce Tree in the foreground is a local landmark among those of us who often walk The Old Railroad. We call it 'the hacked tree'. When the town (sort of) capped the track bed with gravel some 20-odd years ago, this tree was in the way.
Happily, instead of just cutting it down, the workers cut away the branches that overhung the old track. It's ever since been known as 'the hacked tree'. It's proven useful when one is walking back to town in a blustery, windy snowstorm:
"Ah I can see the old hacked tree...almost there"
A Crossfolf Camera Presentation. ^__^
Category Photography / Scenery
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Size 960 x 1280px
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Looks like an interesting place, sort of like some of the Long Island Sound areas of the Connecticut shore. We have a few 'Rails to Trails' projects near where I live. I used to like to walk the dogs there before walking more than ten yards became an experiment in pain.
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