Rail Trail

As a kid I loved trains. Any kind of train. The L&N tracks ran 500 yards behind our house and during potato season, I’d see all sorts of strange engines, box cars and cabooses going by. Sometimes I’d stand near the tracks and wave at the engineers and they’d wave back. But probably the best thing that happened to me was when the General, the original Civil War-​era train involved in the greatest train chase, came through town. I got to go aboard and look around and ooh and ahh as the rest of the townsfolk did.
Well, the L&N now longer comes through. The tracks are all gone but in place is Alabama Trail, part of 1600 nationwide Rail Trails.
No amenities such as bathrooms or water, just a gentle trail following the original tracks.