Theatre production to depict historical train station in Elmira
By Melanie Jackson msjacksonpei@gmail.com Back when railways were still in use on PEI, the last train stop in Kings County was in Elmira, near the eastern tip of the province. The station quickly became known as ‘the end of the line’. “If you look out, you can see the tracks don’t go any further than this,” Lynne Morrow, site director at the Elmira Railway Museum, said, pointing to a railway track that ends abruptly near the edge of the museum property. To commemorate that distinction, the museum will present a theatre production of a historically based play entitled ‘The End of the Line’ as part of PEI’s 2014 celebrations. “The play depicts the Elmira station from the time of its construction in 1912 and goes through the different decades, right to present day,” she said. The play will be put on at the Eastern Kings Community Centre and will be presented by the Don’t Ye Know Theatre group, which is based out of the community centre. ‘End of the Line’ was written by ...