A Line in Time
Amherst Junction, United States
<b><i>Can a village live to tell the tale of two railroad lines and a depot?</i></b> <br><br> The railroads originated as a means to transport lumber to mills in the Stevens Point area. As times changed, farm products such as potatoes became the main freight on trains. <br><br> An underpass relieved the hazards of having two sets of tracks cross Main Street in Amherst Junction. Voyagers used the sheltered stairway as a passage between tracks. <br><br> Salesmen, summer sightseers, and hobos rode the trains to reach their Amherst Junction destination. <br><br> The Tomorrow River Trail is constructed on an old railroad grade that crosses through a sandy outwash plain, the Arnott Moraine, and a landscape sculpted by glaciers.<br><br> <small>Photos courtesy of Scott Janz.</small>