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The Monadnock Railroad was one of many extension line railroads built to help expand the Fitchburg Railroad/Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad into New Hampshire. This line was to serve the New Hampshire towns on the eastern side of Mount Monadnock , mainly Jaffrey and Peterborough .
Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States, is a 1,017-acre (4.12 km 2) state park located on and around 3,165-foot (965 m) Mount Monadnock. The park is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected highlands. [2] The park is open to hiking, picnicking, camping, backpacking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. [3]
By 1964, part of his collection — 25 steam locomotives from the United States and Canada, 10 other locomotives, and 25 pieces of rolling stock — was housed at North Walpole, New Hampshire. [41] The Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern Railroad, as the enterprise was then called, [42] ran excursions between Keene and Westmoreland, New Hampshire. [41]
Space constraints soon forced Blount to look for a new home for his collection, and he purchased an engine house and railroad yard in 1960 from the Boston and Maine Railroad in North Walpole, New Hampshire, with equipment arriving there in late 1960. By 1964 his collection on display alone in North Walpole consisted of 25 steam locomotives from ...
The Monadnock Region is a region in southwestern New Hampshire. It is named after Mount Monadnock , a 3,165 foot isolated mountain, which is the dominant geographic landmark in the region. Although it has no specific borders, the Monadnock Region is generally thought of comprising all of Cheshire County and the western portion of Hillsborough ...
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the major landowner, holding over 4,000 acres (16 km 2) in its Monadnock Reservation. [26] [27] Lands on Monadnock are leased to the state for management purposes. An additional 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) on the mountain are owned directly by the state of New Hampshire as Monadnock State Park.
Grand Trunk Railway: GT CN: 1853 1923 Canadian National Railway: Great Falls and Conway Railroad: B&M: 1844 1865 Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad: Groton and Nashua Railroad: B&M: 1844 1846 Worcester and Nashua Railroad: Lake Shore Railroad: B&M: 1883 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad: Maine Central Railroad: MEC MEC 1888 2003 New ...
The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in southern New Hampshire and central Massachusetts continues south where the MSGT leaves off. This extends the overall hiking possibilities another 210 miles (340 km) via the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and its logical extensions, the Metacomet and Mattabesett Trails in Connecticut.