On Wednesday we went out to Quabbin Reservoir for a walk on some of the old Athol and Enfield Railroad roadbed. The RR was pulled up around 1935 as the Reservoir filled, but this part of the roadbed goes along the shore for about three miles. Found a couple of neat things. One is an old spike. It was just sitting in the middle of the trail. Its pretty small, maybe 6" overall.
Another is a neat piece of clinker. It has a fairly large bubble on it. There was tons of clinker around, but this one really caught my eye.
This is the route.
At the end is the site of the North Dana Depot. Its right at the shore now, but looking at historical pictures, it was a significant area, with two tracks, what looks like a freight house and a station, and possibly a hotel or boarding house. Nothing remains except some broken bricks and some rough cut stones, and one short bit of a creosoted pole sticking up out of the ground.
