Planes and cars and bikes and boats
These things will all take you to places remote
And if you’ve a minute, I’ll now you regale
A journey once taken, by rails and rail trails…

A chug and a choo, a woot and a clang
All now make way for the oncoming train!
“Step up, this way sir – you’ll notice in back”
“A bay and some bungees, fix your bike to that rack!”

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And away now, with speed, we cast off up north
Past locks and canal and that River with girth…

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But what is the goal, where does this train go?
Springfield, Massachusetts – we might as well slow!

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And onto the platform, then station depart
To search out the scene, some sights and street art…

…To halls that enshrine the famous at hoops
And courtyards remembering that fellow called Seuss

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But the journey’s just started, we must up the pace
So refill with treats from a usual place

Past sun beaten roads, provisions run low,
But a welcome relief – the greenway to home!

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So if you are tiring of oft-travelled routes
And biking your umpteenth Farmington loop
Just grab your ticket, from your locale bail
To some destination, by rail or rail trail!
(-_-);;