All’s Quiet on the Octoraro Branch Line

(WoCCP) - On an uneventful afternoon for most people in northern Cecil County, 7-year-old Catherine Kirk waited excitedly at the Rising Sun Train Station. As the appointed time approached and anticipation grew, a shrill steam whistle coming from somewhere down the line toward Colora pierced the quiet of the town. The whistle of the local passenger train bound for Oxford and points north was a welcomed sound for young Catherine whose mother had just dropped her off at the depot. She was taking her first ride on the rails, the 94-year-old Rising Sun resident recently recalled. Continued

Colora Station, Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens