Collinsville - West of the River!

The weather wasn't too cold today so I headed up to Collinsville to sniff out the railroad ROW west of the river. 

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 I started my trek at the Calvary Cemetery.

Unbeknownst to me,  I took the hard way in - crossing the former rr cut and practically bushwhacking through the woods to get to the river's edge.

Finally. making my way up to the embankment I was able to capture a few nice photos of the piers and the cut.

Looking north on the embankment

Dang - there was an easier way in!

The cut is pretty grown over by now...

Nice view looking back across the river

I continued northward from the cemetery and snapped a couple more photos of the cut.

There's a well-trod path thats leads to the..

...ROW. I will return in the warmer months to mountain bike this!

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I then next drove up Torrington Ave and stopped at the single-lane Town Bridge. It a little hard to see (even in foliage-free winter) but the ROW rock cut was visible.

ROW (looking northward)

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Once back in Collinsville - I photographed the piers once more and of course stopped at the former station for a beer!

 Here's a Lidar map of that area: