Along a half-mile spur of the Catharine Valley Trail, south of the Mountour trailhead.
This spur crosses Catharine Marsh before rejoining the main trail along the hillside.
Approaching the trailhead at South Genesee Street. A plaque inset in the opposite side of this sign honors trail founder Ed Hoffman of Elmira; I haven't yet learned the significance of the W on the sign's north face. But I like it.
Edit: My thanks to the commenter who explained that the 'W' indicates that the trainman needed to blow the whistle for an upcoming crossing.
3 comments:
vERY nice trail it seems to be with the images, the short story about the misplaced thing and all of it makes me go take my camping pants, a couple of sweatshirts and get ready to do the trail now!
Thanks for the lovely photos - the Trail looks wonderful. And the "W" indicates that the trainman needed to blow the whistle for an upcoming crossing.
You know, now that you mention it, I remember hearing the term 'whistle post'- Should have put two and two together. Very cool that they kept or at the least re-created it. I'll have to see if I have a decent shot of the opposite side. Thanks for the explanation!
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