by NHV 669
I finally managed to piece together some personal questions on an old line after re-stumbling upon the link to OpenRailwayMap a few days back. After doing a good bit of research, I still have two outstanding questions of the line:
When was the portion south of Lancaster abandoned? I've been wondering for almost two years where exactly Coos Jct. was located, that has been solved. I can understand why MEC abandoned the northern section, as it was a completely duplicate route. However, there remains fair traces of the southern section, all the way into Whitefield, which leads to my second question:
The line is shown to stay to the left of the Johns River throughout it's course in Whitefield proper, however there is a small bridge that stands to this day (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3783896 ... a=!3m1!1e3), that has boggled my mind since i first saw it around the time I was young enough to get a ride on my namesake locomotive. What exactly does/did this go to, or to rephrase my question, what exactly did it serve? The old Brown furniture plant is there, I'm assuming that's a possiblility.
Note: MEC407, move this as needed if you see fit
When was the portion south of Lancaster abandoned? I've been wondering for almost two years where exactly Coos Jct. was located, that has been solved. I can understand why MEC abandoned the northern section, as it was a completely duplicate route. However, there remains fair traces of the southern section, all the way into Whitefield, which leads to my second question:
The line is shown to stay to the left of the Johns River throughout it's course in Whitefield proper, however there is a small bridge that stands to this day (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3783896 ... a=!3m1!1e3), that has boggled my mind since i first saw it around the time I was young enough to get a ride on my namesake locomotive. What exactly does/did this go to, or to rephrase my question, what exactly did it serve? The old Brown furniture plant is there, I'm assuming that's a possiblility.
Note: MEC407, move this as needed if you see fit
Avatar: NHV 669 at the south end of the "Pompy" in White River Jct., VT on 4/29/1993. Photo by Richard Roberg.
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