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.Overass o Fergusleo Photo by Hinchley lOld K and P overpass is but 0 memory now “Steam trorn the whistle - smoke from the stack The train is gone and will never come back" ~U|d song lby Harry Hincltlcy All is quiet at the old crossing at Ferguslca. No more do trains run on the K 84 P and thc old railway station of Opcongo has long ‘been closed No more do liong litres of teams From daylight till dark go up and down the Opcongo Line. Such traffic as does use the , road, takes a shorter route that bypasses Fcrguslca. r But it was not always 50. V Travel was heavy on both ' routes. For many years there were 2 scheduled trains daily on the K 84 P and there was a steady stream of learns over the Opeongo. For a long time the K & P was the line of coniâ€" mtinieation between the back townships of chfrew, Frontenac and Lanark Counties and the outside world. It also wa~ the railway route between chfrew and Toronto and brought passengers, mail, express and freight by the shortest route from the cities, The Opeongo was the great colonization road that connected the settlements arnund Shamrock, Mt St Patrick, Dacre and beyond, with Renfrew. It was also the route for men and supplies to the lumber camps up the Bonnechere and Madawaska rivers. It was at the Ferguslea intersection that many a boy who had grown up on a settlement farm had his first look ata railway train. The K at P builders very wisely had built the railway over the road. This made it impossible for nervous horses frightened by a train to get into an accident by being struck at the crossing. Many a teamster when going through Ferguslca was glad to know there was no danger of being hit by a train. The story is told of an old settler from .somewherc along the Mada-.vaska coming to Renfrew in a sleigh. He had his grandson along for this first trip to Renl'rew. The old man was letting the boy drive, a job which he was well able to do. lust as they were ap< preaching the crossing, a train came roaring along with a stream of black smoke When the whistle gave a blast it was too much for the team and they wheeled and headed Tor the side of the road. The boy jumped to his feet, yanked on the lines and yelled “Whoa. whoa, whoa”. The horses paid no heed and it looked like they would leave the road and upset the sleight Then the old man spoke up to shout - encouragement: "Hold t'em, Baptiste, hold t'em. i know they never saw a t‘ing like that But neit’er did you" BUILD! G, REMODEL LING taken at Wehbwnod in 1916 included tunes Moot-e second from