No train comes down the track until a ringing gate drops down to let one engine through. It pulls a single train car.
More than 30 people stand several streets away. They are all wearing bicycling clothes. The group is looking up a large building that looks like a palace. It formerly served as the Sedalia train station and now is home to the city’s train museum.
Kathleen Boswell is a museum tour guide. She says the structure dates back to the 1860s when trains ruled transportation in America.
“Well, there used to be about a dozen train tracks, both sides of the building. And we have only this one little piece left now.”
Hundreds of trains a week stopped at this station. By the 1970s, trucks and airplanes were the main carriers of goods and people. The train tracks were no longer being used. Years later, private donors and government officials worked together to turn the area into an attraction for visitors.
“This is our 22nd year for the Katy Trail, for bicycles.”
The former Katy railway was named for the MK&T line. Its trains served Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
A group of people now jump on bicycles and test their pedals. They are getting ready for a week of biking 50 to 80 kilometers each day. A tour guide points them toward the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
“Which direction are we going?”
“We’re going east, all the way.”
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