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There was a discussion about this a while ago in another thread. Massachusetts has a proposal out there to do just that, but it's behind getting anything at all going on the inland route.

The daytime Allouette routing via Laconia and Woodsville took about the same time as the route via White River jct., but had the advantage of serving New Hampshire's Lakes Region. The "Northern" route via White river Jct. had the best track and easiest grades, and connections to Canada via...

More than half of the ROW between Boscawen and White River Jct. is now rail trails. To put track back there would generate a large number of angry constituents.

Amtrak's Vermonter and Downeaster services pass through New Hampshire. Claremont Jct. NH is a stop on the roughly 28 mile section of the New England Central between Bellows Falls VT and Windsor VT. The Downeasters have stops in Exeter, Durham (Univ. of NH) and Dover on the roughly 40 miles between H...

All that's missing is about 60 miles of track. Track has been lifted from Boscawen (just north of Concord) to within about two miles of White River Junction. Most of the right-of-way is now "rail trail".

Essex Jct. is only 5 miles from Burlington. Green Mountain Transit allows 35 minutes from downtown Burlington to the Amtrak station for the #2 bus, which operates on reasonably close headways, though the last bus leases Essex Jct. before the train gets there on Sundays.. Fares are suspended until Ju...

The Winooski sub between Burlington and Essex Junction has a long history dating back to the Vermont Central's decision to strike for the Canadian border in the late 1850s. The poor service to Burlington by the VC and affiliated Vermont & Canada eventually resulted in the Rutland building its ow...

FL9s had retractable shoes as built that would work with either NYC or LIRR third rail. It's not a new idea. As with all compromises it was less than perfect. When Amtrak operated to GCT a couple of years ago the shoes were changed out for MNRR shoes because Amtrak's shoes are not set up for NYC-sty...

MBTA already provides service to Rhode Island under a purchase-of-service agreement. New Hampshire is a bit of a different animal as all state contracts go through the five member Executive Council. The Council has not been particularly favorable to rail-related contracts for a long time, independen...

G&W announced a planned Amtrak-related extension of CTC on the NECR. at the NARCMA conference. Brattleboro-E. Northfield or north from White River Jct.?

The Worcester tunnel doesn't go directly under St. Vincent's Hospital but it does go under an attached parking garage. One of the main entrances to the Hospital is on that side of the building.

CSX and NS may want to look back at the ICC and court case that ended up with the Boston & Maine losing ownership of the Conn River line (Vermonter) in 1987 over poor operation of the Montrealer. Since there was an alternative route south of the Massachusetts line, only the portion between Bratt...

The cinderblock station in Concord was used by Concord Trailways (now Concord Coach) until at least the mid 1980s. I don't know if tickets for the train were sold there but the waiting room was open.

The former line ran down Chicago Avenue in East Chicago. By the time the bypass was constructed the third track in Chicago Avenue (which belonged to the Hammond Whiting & East Chicago) was long gone. Once the bypass was in operation the track in Chicago Avenue was taken out of service. The bypas...

To be fair, no one was using the trains for serious transportation on Monday - it was really a "pre-service" inaugural run. By contrast Tuesday's Vermonter was running about 10 minutes late at White River Junction.