thanks for the great update, Kevin! Welcome aboard!
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thanks for the great update, Kevin! Welcome aboard!
Posted on the NECR Yahoo group 8/10/11: "Southbound Rail Train through Waterbury,VT at 8:50 am. Didn't see the power. John" Rail is laid and installed to south of Claremont Junction NH. As of a couple of weeks ago, the surfacing crew was still north of Waterbury VT. Not sure how far they'v...
Amtrak again this morning. Guess this will be the last until Sept. No chip trains into Burlington in a month or so. Not sure if the track work is impacting it also. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=AM_Alert_C&pagename=am/AM_Alert_C/Alerts_Popup&p=1237608345018&cid=124854381...
http://vtdigger.org/2011/06/16/vermont-coach-company-used-for-amtrak-service-during-rail-construction/ "The Vermont Agency of Transportation announced today plans for accommodating Amtrak passenger service during track construction work on the New England Central Railroad. In order to expedite ...
North Walpole, NH, at the north end of Main St where it dips down to a 90 degree turn to go under the north end of the NECR yard. It's one-car-width and has a sign warning of possible high water if it's raining.
http://poststar.com/news/local/article_34ac320e-2b9f-11e0-ae43-001cc4c03286.html "WHITEHALL -- South William Street was closed for part of Saturday morning after a freight train derailed and blocked the street, police said. No injuries or spills were reported. One engine was on its side, anoth...
In Sunapee, NH, at the intersection of Routes 11 and 103, there is a coach with 'Boston & Maine" lettering that has been sitting for decades.
Washington County Railroad Nov 1994 Page 22
Is that what you're looking for?
My wife and I have found ourselves with an unprecedented Sunday off from our part-time jobs for both of us. We decided that we, along with my mother, would play hooky from church and escape town. I convinced them to go to the Steaming Tender for either a late breakfast or for lunch. How much train a...
When Route 4 was rebuilt and widened, they used some portions of the right-of-way, not all of it. Mostly the bridge over the Gorge and approaches.
Keene, NH - Monadnock & Northern was the 1st location. Thence North Walpole.Wasn't that predated by Nelson Blount's running the CNR 4-6-4T No. 47 out of Warner, NH, on the Claremont & Concord?
Brattleboro, VT.
Scratch that. Brattleboro is not incorporated as a city.
Ian MacMillan wrote:I was all bummed that we would only have packed snow for the event and now they are calling for "snow measured in feet" for Friday.....And once again I have to work...!Ian, buddy, you don't sound so good... Are you sure you're not coming down with something?
From the Pinlsy Railroads Yahoo Group: "Unless you know more than I do, it should be only one carfor Valley RR. Former CN sleeper from a private purchase that had been stored in Claremont. *What kind of CN sleeper is it? Was it ever used on the CV? **I don't know if it ever ran on the CV or not...
That coach is actually in Sunapee at the junction of Routes 11 and 103. From the B&M Yahoo Group: The B&MRR Passenger Equipment Cars Book issued by the Mechanical Department shows this car as a D&LW Baggage-Smoker, built by Barney and Smith in 1914. The baggage section was 27 ft long and...