The Railroad used to pass through the town where I live. In fact, like many towns in the US my town wouldn't even exist if the railroad hadn't needed a stop here. Towns sprouted up along the railroad line, giving Farmers a way to both get supplies and ship out their crops.
The trains don't run on the tracks through my town anymore. To our south, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit organization operates communter trains on the old railroad right of way between Dallas and her closer suburbs.
My town, though, hasn't shown any interest in becoming a part of that system. So, the old rail line crumbles away to rust and dust....
Just like we do.
In many places, the old rail line has been removed completely. But if you know where to look, you can still find traces of the old girl still around.
I think, sometimes, about the peole who will come after I'm gone. Will someone stand where I stood, and think about me?
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Railways facinated me when I moved to Alberta. Much like your area, plenty of towns were founded because of the rail stops. We still get trains all the time in the city I live in, Alberta grainery primarily, and oil.
Up north (to me) where I grew up, there weren't any trains at all ... so it was pretty cool to see them.
"I'm drawn to lonely, decaying places like this."
Same here. I love looking at old abandoned houses and barns. I like rummaging through the old old dump that hides somewhere around every old farm.
I'm waiting for the day that I poke around some place that I think is deserted, when it's really not...
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