Remember When

As I sat in my car waiting for an extremely long train to clear the tracks the other day, memories of train crossings of the past that we know longer wait at because there is no longer train traffic or tracks for that matter.

Do you remember the railroad tracks along and crossing the Opheim highway?

This spur was active during the days of the Glasgow Air Force base.

I also think of the railroad crossing I crossed many times on my way to town from home.

This was a spur to the bentonite plant.

This railroad spur was a little more recent, and I am sure that a generation of young folks may remember bonfire parties, etc., that seemed to be held along that road in places.

Of course being from the North Country I remember the railroad crossing as you entered the town of Opheim and traveled points beyond as well as the many trains that ran on that spur line to Scobey and beyond.

Gone are the days of depots in these small towns like Hinsdale and Opheim, just stories and memories.