1. Starting in 1837 freight and passenger trains stopped daily in the Village…
2. Besides local stops trains ran to Providence and Boston heading North
5. Passing Whiting’s Store…
3. Station across from the Sullivan and Perry Block…
4. Tracks heading North…
6. Southbound
7. from across the tracks looking at Whitings ‘s Store
8. Siding turning toward the Mill with a delivery…
9. Could head South to New London and eventually New York City…
10. Once very busy….no longer standing…
11. Heading North..
12. Postcard
13. Time-weathered…
14. Empty
15. Final Stop: 1981
16. Some excitement…
17. Derailment across from the Post Office
19. Freight cars
18. Near the Lower Shannock Falls
21. Ready for a change
20. Similar tunnel and bridge in East Greenwich…
22. Change underway
23. Notice Carmichael Estate atop Narragansett Hill in background…
24. New Bridge
25. Bridge over the tracks on the way out of the village by the Church…
26. A bit rickety
27. From the little depot in the village anyone to pretty much go anywhere
28. Leaving town….
29. Local stops….
30. Kenyon Depot
31. Kenyon, Rhode Island
32. Heading West
33. Carolina Station
34. Westerly Station
35. Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island
36. A traveler could take the main line from Shannock and branch off as of 1872 toward other villages in South County
38. Wood River Branch Railroad
37. Hope Valley Depot
39. Commercial Interests
40. And passengers from along the switch could come to the main line…
42. Local traffic…
41. A Villager could decide to take the local to Kingston Station….
44. Beginning in 1876 a traveler could leave Kingston’s main line and branch off for local stops on the newly opened Narragansett Pier Railroad…
43. Shiny new locomotive
45. Heading through local villages on the way to the shore…
46. Stop in Peacedale
47. Narragansett Pier!
49. If you couldn’t afford to mingle with the rich there you could always go for a swim or fish off the pier.
48. A day at the beach…
50. Stop along the way……
51. Meet a friend…
52. Have lunch…
53. Very local traffic….
54. Another interesting development in 1898 was a railroad line along the coast of southern Rhode Island…
55. The goal was to go from Westerly to Wickford but managed to succeed from Wickford to Narragansett Pier…
56. Connected with the Pier Railroad as well
57. Sea View Railroad
58. Local service…
59. A scenic ride ahead!
60. So from the little village depot in Shannock , a passenger could travel just about anywhere…..
Chapter 11: All Aboard!
TBA