Everything about that little rail line is fascinating. It's weird how the proposed rail project seemed to be happening, then...radio silence. I assume there have been meetings of the railroad board - would these be public meetings?
I'd like to see more about the 12/31/1935 one-year lease (signed by the NYC on the last day of the previous BA lease). Did this lease keep getting annually renewed up through Penn Central? Note that lease excluded passenger service!
I'm surprised the documents for the end of the Penn Central aren't online. I'd like to read what was written when the NBRR was abandoned or OOS. And how the estates of the other railroads that were leased were handled. I'm assuming the line was closed and ripped up about 1972, but can't find that anywhere. All the STB stuff is online but these important ICC cases aren't.
Nobody has spoken authoritatively about the status of the ROW in East Brookfield.
When did the town acquire the remaining 10% of the RR that they didn't own?