I was finally getting caught up on some reading this morning and turned to page 86 and 87 in the February Trains magazine. Wow. blast from the past. I knew right where it was without reading the caption. In the early 60's my buddies and I used to play hocky on that pond in the winter. The trestle was one of the goals. By then the steam was all gone but there were still Alco RS diesels that would haul a few loads through Milford up to Wilton every day.
This brings back memories for me. We had a couple of lumber mill ponds that would freeze. Hockey, skating, and general mischief..... Up on a nearby hillside, was the Northern Pacific branch line. I need a time machine.... Boxcab E50
There was a pond hard against B&M's Fitchburg Division just north of Petersburg Jct, NY where many pickup hockey games were played. The games were great, but the 2-1/2 mile walk down the tracks from Hoosick Station was even better. We had three tracks over which to dodge heavy freight (FT's and F3's) traffic - eastbound, westbound, and a three-mile long siding in the middle with many set off hot boxes and a tri-weekly local (steam) freight that picked them up.
