You may be able to hear trains in the distance. Looking west are the railway tracks that were first installed in 1913/14. They almost circle the town which was once the first divisional point of the railway. In 1914 there would have been a great amount of excitement with the coming of the railway. It would mean the end of the arduous journeys for people and make the moving of goods to and from to the Peace Country so much easier . The station house would have followed a standard building pattern set forth by the railways and looked like many others. To the individual community members it was the place where happy and sad memories were made. Many of the homesteading families, some who still live in the area today, arrived at this station house from places around the globe. In addition to regular travel within the area some people took longer trips to Edmonton, visitors arrived, parents and wives send their men to war, Christmas was delayed until the turkeys arrived on the train, and many other personal moments. In 1979 the Historic Sites Board and other related advisors met to discuss the NAR Station at Smith. Canada National Railways required that the building be moved. The difficulty of moving such a large building coupled with the cost of renovations deemed it unfeasible to keep it. It was torn down in the fall of 1983.