The decades-old Newburyport Branch tracks in Lynnfield, Mass. haven't had a train since 2001, aren't in any shape to support one, and are rapidly becoming claimed by nature. The towns of Lynnfield and Wakefield would like to make the route into a trail. It would cross some of the most scenic, wildlife-filled territory in Boston's suburbs. Issues of the track ownership, maintenance of the trail, and law enforcement in its isolated areas are all delaying the trail's creation.

Photographed by Mike Colclough / Black Cat Images, January 17, 2006.
Added to the photo archive by Mike Colclough, January 20, 2006.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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