The single biggest change in the village's history arrived on rails. The Košice–Bohumín railway opened its Žilina–Poprad section on 8 December 1871, and the only way to build it through this country was along the Váh — past Kraľovany, past Šútovo, through the gorge. Suddenly the village was on a line that ran from Silesia to eastern Slovakia, its timber could go anywhere, and a man could take a job that had nothing to do with land. That is why, a generation later, the village's recorded occupations include railway workers.Najväčšia zmena v dejinách obce prišla po koľajniciach. Košicko-bohumínska železnica otvorila úsek Žilina – Poprad 8. decembra 1871 a jediná možná trasa cez tento kraj viedla popri Váhu — cez Kraľovany, cez Šútovo, tiesňavou. Obec sa zrazu ocitla na trati, ktorá viedla zo Sliezska na východné Slovensko, drevo z nej mohlo ísť kamkoľvek a človek si mohol nájsť prácu, ktorá s pôdou nemala nič spoločné. Preto sa o generáciu neskôr medzi zamestnaniami obyvateľov uvádzajú aj železničiari.
