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Pedestrians ? Directed at no one in particular Railroad Forums are sometimes 2024 just breeding grounds for the bike trail folks who usually care nothing about railroads or history. Taxpayer money for another rail trail and zero to help a railroad and zero of anything but a new motor bike or for NH ...

hey...I saw a recent video of somebody snooping around the Hawleville Tunnels and the main semi-active rail line had new ballast? and construction stuff. A new bike trail ?? --next to the row...

A link.....

https://ltvsquad.com/2023/08/09/new-eng ... ment-83188


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Developers plan $55M potato chip plant on former Aroostook air base February 21, 2024 The Taste of Maine potato chip plant would employ 75 workers at Loring next year and eventually expand to 100. An aerial view of the Loring Commerce Center in Limestone. Credit: Courtesy of Loring Development Autho...

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I saw a little clip on some TV news or similar with as potato farmer raving about his 'farming' and the present use of railroad as means of transportation. (2023) Aroostook County I think. Maybe everybody forgets but obvious different era.

ps..my little prejudice... Many places bike promoters are taking over railroad forums to advance their goals. Is this a bike forum ? Rail Trails nice for bikes. Hikers can go over most any land. Railroad Forum ? (not objecting to information)

excuse my short comment...

This has left the railway unsafe and unusable for pedestrians.

o--the Sand Road Quarry thing... I am not in the area any longer but a few decades ago a quarry there sold their railroad 'things' and there was still track going across the road into quarry. I forget name of quarry back then. I thought it was narrow gauge naturally. In ancient days most all quarrie...

Whatever I see no hope for the Housatonic as is. New customers as present ones die ? I am not sure the NY section is totally dead or they have no ability to serve it. I seem to recall somebody screaming for service when they were new (the railroad) but they seemed to have no ability to provide servi...

csx2.jpg csx.jpg Those loco's look shiny and up to tune !! (from Remington Arms/Bridgeport?) As to the Housatonic I smelled problems and the future ? All the line to the north Suburban Zoning ? where the biggest issue is 'how many dandelions are in your lawn ? Future traffic base ? With no real inf...

Unfortunately I have little hope for the Housatonic. How many customers ? Lose one or two ? A railroad going through 'suburban' 'residential' type territory and future customers ? Surely any passenger service would be zero profitable. I still have funny feeling giving up the New York connection is t...

I wondered about this line several years ago. It seemed when some things said abandoned many years ago it was obvious it was still there longer than that. I think the last good evidence of it vanished when they did that construction around the station. I recall it sat there along the highway (going ...

to Newtown assumed

Maybe all rail left can add to bike trails ? Connecticut

Housatonic lists Mabrook as part of their railroad ?