The Brown Book
Bleary eyed and hoping that the train hadn’t left Renu rushed to the station that would take her to the end of her project. The company that had commissioned her had made all the travel arrangements and this last leg was to be completed by road. It was her mother’s suggestion, “Why don’t you take the daily train that the mines used to transport people from the main station. “ “The mines have closed down and the train tracks might be in disuse.” Her mother sighed, “My father was an engineer who pioneered the laying of some of the tracks in that area. As children we could accompany him in his inspection saloon and it would be parked at a siding. Once in a while we could get a joy ride on the Millstone Mines goods train as it was mostly used for moving stones.” “The mines have been inoperative but now the owners want to earn money from the vast tracts of land that they own. “ “We visited one or two of the mines and they had small townships. The managers had large bungalows s...