When you reach the bike path, pause for a moment.  Looking west beyond Alpha Seed & Grain elevator were three parallel railroad tracks that merged at the west edge of Alpha Road.  The center track was the through-line, the northern track was the pass-line and the southern was the load-line for the grain elevator.

This collection of tracks became known as the Alpha Panhandle due to their close proximity.

The angled building at the south east corner of the bikeway and Alpha Road is former Alpha Bed & Breakfast.  Long ago there was a hook on a post at the loading platform where passing trains would grab the mailbag and toss another onto the platform.

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Prior to the construction of I-675, this area was largely undeveloped, save for a few residential streets that traversed the current highway land to the north, to the south was once a horse track! On the west side of the highway was a train trestle, now an overpass of the Creekside Trail Bikeway. For decades, Beavercreek High School and Carroll High School students (allegedly) would alternate painting the bridge and concrete supports in support of their school’s athletic teams. The beautiful white home with the green roof on the south side was the center of the 160 acre Aaron Coy farm.

Turn around in the parking lot of Walnut Grove Country Club and return west past the 5/3rd Gateway Park and Ride Facility.

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