Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Luckily it's a 10mph track so plenty of time to get out of the way I guess. I would love to walk it but wont as I am assuming its not legal even to walk alongside the track?
Am sure you have all seen this but I found this on YouTube yesterday.. fascinating history and insight into the Portsmouth Branch before abandonment.
I drove for UPS for 9 years after graduating from UNH, and in the 90's you could easily make out where the Portsmouth and line to Fremont had been. The WN&P was harder since they put Route 125 over the right of way a little north of the Lamprey River. You can still see the bridge abutments over the river, but that's about it.
The Worcester, Nashua & Portland ... A mystery railroad if there ever was one ... Successful initially, superior connections to inland Massachusetts and among the most direct routes to New York City ... And yet ... It failed.
B&M's monopolistic goals lead it to buy up every line it could lest they fall into the hands
of the competition- an early example being the 20+ year ruinous rate war it conducted with
the Eastern RR before the later capitulated. After WW2 B&M didn't need three more or less
parallel routes from Portland to Massachusetts.
On a Craigslist jaunt to Fremont I found myself on a road off 125 that had still-extant crossbucks standing, Farm-something road I think? It was darkish so I could not see what ROW remained at the crossing but as far as I know the signs are still there.
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After availing myself of Gooogle Maps the crossbucks are on Martin Rd at Brookvale Pines Farm. The Rockingham Recreational Trail is the old WN&P ROW...I think.
Yes, that's Martin Rd right by the farm. Which, by the way, is where they hold snowmobile grass drag racing in the fall. Back in the 90's the rails were still in the road, but gone from the right of way.