All aboard! Did you know that there is a train stop at Montague Park? The northern edge of the park serves as the final stop of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s dinner train route before turning back to the museum, but it is currently not easy for passengers to get out and take advantage of the park. In the future, however, there will be a platform to serve this train and any other TVRRM excursions for ease of access to the park. The platform is to be named the “John Henry Platform,” Named in honor of the founder of the Sculpture Fields, the John Henry Platform is intended to mimic his view of Sculpture Fields from the balcony of his studio just beyond the tracks. As we step off the platform into the Sculpture Fields, John Henry’s “Bette Davis Eyes” is visible atop a rolling landform beyond the meadow in the distance. *Sculptures shown are place holders, final sculpture locations to be determined in coordination with Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. (fb)

Today we find ourselves at a new entrance on the east side of Montague Park at 18th Street, also once known as Montague Street. This new shared use path runs between the Armory and the Austin Hatcher Foundation to connect the park to Holtzclaw and the neighborhoods to the east. As we enter the park through Sculpture Fields, we pass by bike parking, new signage, and flexible lawns for displaying sculpture, and soon take a left to head south along the “woodland walk” that follows the park’s eastern edge. The winding and shaded nature of the path lends itself to one of quiet discovery with landforms rising up on either side. Each turn reveals thoughtfully placed sculpture, moments to sit and rest, and new path lighting to allow for evening park use. The path, a part of the mile-long loop, continues south until opening up at the new athletic fields with a view to Lookout Mountain in the background. *Sculptures shown are place holders, final sculpture locations to be determined in coordination with Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. (fb)