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WMTW headline: Conway Scenic Railroad train carries injured Maine hiker to trailhead, officials say

https://www.wmtw.com/article/conway-sce ... e/37927609

The Bartlett train now goes to Sawyer River, which is right after 4th Iron. There is a siding there and that is what they use to run the engine around the train. It is a new excursion this year, not sure if it's a permanent change or just testing the waters. I know they (like many other business) a...

I thought the ski trains and the daily Mountaineers were a sign of active management willing try out new ideas and run more trains. I'll be surprised if it turns out they aren't interesting in maintaining what they bought. I'll reserve judgement until Covid is really past. My impression, too, regar...

The smash boards were gone by the late 1980s or 1990 at the latest. I moved away from the area in 1990, and they had been gone a while by that point.

From the Conway Daily Sun : Conway Scenic to hold Railfans' Weekend, Sept. 5-6 CONWAY — Conway Scenic Railroad will be operating several special trains using historic equipment during its annual Railfans' Weekend, Sept. 5-6. On Saturday, CSRR will re-create 1950-60s-era local freight trains using re...

The New Haven Railroad 1915 valuation map can be found at https://collections.ctdigitalarchive.or ... :860062721

Today's MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board meeting had as a last agenda item purchase of the Milford Secondary from CSX, with a request for a vote. Here's the posted presentation: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2020-02/2020-02-24-fmcb-M-milford-secondary-acquisition-accessible.pdf Do...

The Walpole Library website has a brief history of the railroad in Walpole, including the tunnel, written by Ed Sweeney.

http://www.walpolelibrary.org/history/h ... bridge.htm

Over 2000 feet of track was laid this weekend, bringing the rail head to within 300 feet of Route 218. Photos and discussion as the weekend's work progressed can be found at http://forum.wwfry.org/index.php/topic,3510.msg43530.html#msg43530 Our volunteers turned out in force, according to our log bo...

I suspect this article from 10 days ago is closer to the mark on the ridership increase this year that triggered weekly use of a bi-level: "HYANNIS – The 2019 CapeFlyer service has come to an end and officials are hailing the weekend commuter train’s seventh season as a success. "The train...

"Tourism Officials Say Cape Business Rebounded in Second Half of Summer

"...and the Cape Flyer saw a 27 percent increase in ridership this summer..."

https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/tour ... of-summer/

"New Bourne Stop Adding To CapeFlyer Success "The number of cars attached to the weekend CapeFlyer train has been increased, and the new Bourne stop on the south side of the canal is a big reason why. That was according to Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Administrator Thomas S. Cahir. ...

A review of the goals for the North-South Rail Link is worthwhile. It's discussed by proponents at http://www.northsouthraillink.org/ . Whether one agrees with the goals and costs or not, the context is connecting Amtrak service north and south of Boston and locally more important, the commuter rail...

That's huge considering that there are almost 300 apartments nearing completion in two major projects adjacent to Walpole Station . Sadly not surprising. Consider phase 1 for South Coast Rail. The existing Middleborough/Lakeville station, next to two large apartment complexes will be bypassed. Both...

The lead story in yesterday's Conway Daily Sun was the restoration of #7470 to service and the planned excursion to Whitefield. "CONWAY — Railfans were delighted to see the return over Father’s Day Weekend of the steam-powered No. 7470 engine to the high rails of the Conway Scenic Railroad... &...