The old store faces the trail, so Elmer built a bike rack. Ed Hughes, secretary of the rail trail authority, enters the Howard Tunnel as he takes an inspection ride along the length of the unopened trail. The bricklined, 370-foot tunnel originally opened for traffic in 1838. The station, left, used by President Lincoln when he came to deliver the Gettysburg Address in 1863, was the former northern end of the trail. Below, vines cling to an abandoned structure used by railroad workers long ago.
Wildflowers cradle a silent farm implement a quarter-mile north of Hanover Junction.
History and time fade into the forest landscape just north of Glatfelter Station. This northern part of the trail offers some of the quietest wooded areas along the entire trail length.