Thanks for all the info on the tin bridge. It was a popular hang out for us "locals" when we were young. Tin bridge captured my imagination at a young age, and I always wished I could have been there when it was in active service. I remember the approach bridge over South Broad St. had severely deteriorated ties, so bad you didn't dare to walk over it...and this was in 1988 I would say. So I was pretty sure at that time it hadn't been used in quite some time. I remember seeing Conrail box cars at Commercial Distributing, and I think Day Lumber may have gotten centerbeam lumber cars, but I could be imagining that. I thought I saw one there one day, and by the time I got back to investigate, it was gone. I am certain I saw cars in HB Smith in the mid 80's, say 1985, but by the late 80's they didn't get cars anymore. Some of my earliest childhood memories of trains are seeing the Pioneer Valley's SW1s in action on this section of the line. I was sad when it was embargoed in the late 1990's, reportedly due to a truck hitting one of the many small bridges on the line and putting it out of commission. PVRR probably couldn't justify the expense of replacing it and therefore abandoned the line. It will make a really nice trail though, as much as it pains me to say so. I guess I would rather see people enjoying it instead of it just sitting there slowly being reclaimed by nature.