Starting in 1837, freight and passenger trains stopped daily in the Village…
Besides local stops, trains ran to Providence and Boston heading North…
Passing Whiting’s Store…
Station across from the Sullivan and Perry Block…
Tracks heading North…
Southbound…
Whitings’s Store….
Siding turning toward the Mill with a delivery…
Could head South to New London and eventually New York City…
Once very busy….no longer standing…
Heading South…
Postcard…
Time-weathered…
Empty…
Final Stop: 1981…
Some excitement…
Derailment across from the Post Office…
Freight cars…
Near the Lower Shannock Falls…
Ready for a change…
Similar tunnel and bridge in East Greenwich…
Change underway…
Notice Carmichael Estate atop Narragansett Hill in the background…
New Bridge…
Bridge over the tracks on the way out of the village by the Church…
A bit rickety…
From this little depot in the Village anyone could pretty much travel anywhere….
Leaving town….
Local stops….
Kenyon Depot…
Kenyon, Rhode Island…
Heading West…
Carolina Station…
Westerly Station…
Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island…
A traveler could take the main line from Shannock and branch off, as of 1872, toward other villages in South County…
Wood River Branch Railroad…
Hope Valley Depot…
Commercial Interests…,
And passengers from along the switch road could come to the main line…
Local traffic…
A Villager could decide to take the local to Kingston Station….
Beginning in 1876 a traveler could leave Kingston’s main line and branch off for local stops on the newly opened Narragansett Pier Railroad…
Shiny new locomotive…
Heading through local villages on the way to the shore…
Stop in Peacedale…
Narragansett Pier!
If you couldn’t afford to mingle with the rich there, you could always go for a swim or fish off the pier.
A day at the beach…
Stop along the way……
Meet a friend…
Have lunch…
Very local traffic….
Another development in 1898 was a proposed railroad line along the coast of southern Rhode Island…
The goal was to go from Westerly to Wickford but managed to only succeed from Wickford to Narragansett Pier…
Connected with the Pier Railroad as well
Sea View Railroad…
Local service…
A scenic ride ahead!…
From the little village depot in Shannock , a passenger could travel just about anywhere…..
Chapter 11: All Aboard!
TBA