100 years ago the railroad was the lifeline of communities every where as it was built and travelled coast to coast. Here is just one of the many rail lines that used to sustain the communities but have since been replaced by roads and vehicles. All the tracks have been removed and most of the railway ties are gone but one can still see for quite a distance in either direction that these trains used to travel as they rocked back and forth and rolled along the prairies.
I think these places make for great walking trails if you don't mind fighting with the loose rocks or jumping from tie to tie (wait, didn't we all do that atleast once as a kid?) As well as walk along the rails and of course, who can forget trying to get a train to flatten a penny or quarter or dime or whatever you could race to put on the rails before the train came by!
No room for trades, bring a pencil and tweezers, watch your step.
Plenty of quiet room to park.
Congrats to desertgrasshopper for FTF! (if at first you don't succeed, try and try again - see, persistence pays off!)