The Train No Longer Runs on This Line

© August '10  photo by smck

The end of the St. Peter's Coastal Trail - the old railroad right-of-way has been put to a good use with this pleasant walking trail along the bay. These sturdy concrete supports to the old railroad bridge are like monuments to a different era. 

Although the railroad had been proposed in 1890, construction was not started until 1901 - and which was completed in 1903.  It ran for nearly three quarters of a century until the last train rolled out of St. Peters in July 1977. [courtesy of  - The River That Isn't by Garvie Samson]