Passenger Trains in Eden

It must have been fun for the children in the 1920s and 1930s to see the trains come through Eden, passenger and freight. There were several passenger trains a day, including the very popular commuter trains, until 1930 when one after another was discontinued. The last one disappeared in 1950. The Depot area of Eden had a lot going for it in the early days and still does. There was the Feed Store, which is now a gunsmith, Page Harms Oil Company, with a small gasoline service station, warehouses and garages still in business. A blacksmith, which later became the area for the Haeick's Deli and Grocery store, now an antique store. Laing's Mill, which is now LaingGro, Nagle Lumber Company, now a carpenter shop, and the Gumtow Lumber Company, and last, but not least, the Eden Memorial Studio, selling grave markers.

Pictured above is a locomotive at the Eden Center Depot, viewed from the west side of the tracks.

Courtesy of the Eden Town Historian