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Here's another picture from the archives. I took this one last autumn while exploring the old railroad. That's right, folks; this was once a railroad. Imagine a train trying to pass through this terrain today, even if the rails and crossties were still in place.
The train stopped coming into Lockeport in the early 1980s, and eventually the abandoned railroad was repurposed as a bike and walking trail. It begins beside my house and connects Lockeport Island to the mainland on the island's North side.
In this picture, I've crossed the bridge to the mainland, where the old railroad deviates from the coastline and enters the woods where the maple, birch and spruce trees now grow unchecked.
The local animals have reclaimed the old railroad and the surrounding woods and moved back in; I've seen countless squirrels, crows and blue jays, along with porcupines, rabbits, deer and on one memorable occasion, a silver fox; a very rare sight in these parts.
Even today I still sometimes find a rusty old rail spike or some other remnant of when the train passed through these woods.
A Crossfolf Camera Presentation.
Here's another picture from the archives. I took this one last autumn while exploring the old railroad. That's right, folks; this was once a railroad. Imagine a train trying to pass through this terrain today, even if the rails and crossties were still in place.
The train stopped coming into Lockeport in the early 1980s, and eventually the abandoned railroad was repurposed as a bike and walking trail. It begins beside my house and connects Lockeport Island to the mainland on the island's North side.
In this picture, I've crossed the bridge to the mainland, where the old railroad deviates from the coastline and enters the woods where the maple, birch and spruce trees now grow unchecked.
The local animals have reclaimed the old railroad and the surrounding woods and moved back in; I've seen countless squirrels, crows and blue jays, along with porcupines, rabbits, deer and on one memorable occasion, a silver fox; a very rare sight in these parts.
Even today I still sometimes find a rusty old rail spike or some other remnant of when the train passed through these woods.
A Crossfolf Camera Presentation.
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What's that about a freight train taking a dirt road?
This trail looks nice and restful. Got to be a great walk.
In my neck of the woods, they converted the Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad to the Air Line State Park Trail about 50 years ago.
This trail looks nice and restful. Got to be a great walk.
In my neck of the woods, they converted the Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad to the Air Line State Park Trail about 50 years ago.
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