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My Mother grew up in Lilly. She told me about the railroad tracks that used to go through town. You can see the old wye track here where it veers into town. I believe there was a train station at one time just to the left of where this was taken in the center of the wye. You can see remnants of the track here: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qr3vw38fff74&lvl=19.37223758291749&dir=89.5903217223024&sty=b&where1=Lilly%2C%20PA&form=LMLTCC. If you follow the curve of that stream back, far enough, you can see an old road bed and a bridge near the end of Poplar Lane. In the far left you can see the old St. Bridget's church (before it burned down and was replaced. To the right of that is the St. Bridget's School building, which is still standing as seen here: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qr3ykb8ffj2p&lvl=19.364341873321607&dir=82.73033249967186&sty=b&where1=Lilly%2C%20PA&form=LMLTCC
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My Mother grew up in Lilly. She told me about the railroad tracks that used to go through town. You can see the old wye track here where it veers into town. I believe there was a train station at one time just to the left of where this was taken in the center of the wye. You can see remnants of the track here: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qr3vw38fff74&lvl=19.37223758291749&dir=89.5903217223024&sty=b&where1=Lilly%2C%20PA&form=LMLTCC. If you follow the curve of that stream back, far enough, you can see an old road bed and a bridge near the end of Poplar Lane. In the far left you can see the old St. Bridget's church (before it burned down and was replaced. To the right of that is the St. Bridget's School building, which is still standing as seen here: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qr3ykb8ffj2p&lvl=19.364341873321607&dir=82.73033249967186&sty=b&where1=Lilly%2C%20PA&form=LMLTCC
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