命を育む士幌線タウシュベツ川橋梁

一本の木を育てながら崩壊が進むコンクリート製の眼鏡橋。

水が干上がれば草原が姿を現し、糠平湖底に沈んだ切り株の向こうにはニペソツ山、ウペペサンケ山、石狩岳が聳える。

生と死が同居するこの場所が、以前は人を乗せた機関車が通過していたとすれば、それほど感慨深いものはない。

いつか朽ちゆくであろうタウシュベツ川橋梁。

私が朽ち果てる前にもう一度会える日は来るのだろうか。

この線路がどこに続いていたのかを知れば、私もなにか変わるだろうか。

この先を期待させる橋。タウシュベツ川橋梁。

The Shihoro Line Taushubetsu River Bridge, which nurtures life

A concrete arch bridge that is slowly collapsing while a single tree grows on it. When the water recedes, the grasslands appear, and beyond the stumps submerged in the bottom of Lake Nukabira, the mountains of Nipesotsu-yama, Upepesanke-yama, and Ishikari-dake tower above. If this place, where life and death coexist, was once traversed by a steam locomotive carrying passengers, there could be nothing more poignant. The Taushubetsu River Bridge, which will one day crumble away.  Will there come a day when I can see it again before I too fade away? If I knew where this track led, would I change in some way? A bridge that holds promise for the future. The Taushubetsu River Bridge.