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The Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad is a class III shortline railroad operating on the Concord-Lincoln rail line in central New Hampshire, United States.The railroad consists of two distinct passenger operations, the Granite State Scenic Railway, which offers passenger excursion trains in the White Mountains, and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad, which operates passenger excursion trains along ...
Central Vermont Railway: CV CN: 1899 1995 New England Central Railroad: Cheshire Railroad: B&M: 1844 1890 Fitchburg Railroad: Claremont and Concord Railway: CLCO 1954 1988 Claremont Concord Railroad: Cocheco Railroad: B&M: 1847 1863 Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad: Concord Railroad: B&M: 1835 1890 Concord and Montreal Railroad: Concord and ...
In the 1860s and 1870s, the Northern was under the control of Onslow Stearns, who served as president of the railroad from 1852 until his death in 1878. [22] The Northern thrived under his leadership, and the yearly gross income of the road rose from nearly $364,000 in 1861 to $500,000 in 1881, while passenger-miles increased from 3.6m to 5.9m and revenue freight increased from 12.6m to 29.4m ...
1988: 3 mile section - Electric Claremont Railway (opened in 1903) 2008: 1 mile section - Concord to West Concord (This section was not sold to Sam Pinsly; it was served by the Boston & Maine as far as Swenson Granite into the 1980s. A few hundred yards was used by New England Southern Railroad for car storage in the 2000s).
RIDE THE RAILS: 12 best Amtrak vacations and scenic train rides in North America The Green Mountain State is known for its autumn displays with oak, maple, and ash trees exploding in rainbow pops ...
In response, two railway companies were founded in July 1845: the Portsmouth, New Market and Concord Railroad, and the Portsmouth, New Market and Exeter Railroad. Both were given the concession to construct and operate a rail line from Portsmouth to a point on the Concord Railroad between Manchester and Concord called Bow Junction. The ...
On January 28, 1976, the WRR also began operation on a section of railroad owned by the State of NH, under an operating contract, on the opposite side of the lake, between Concord and Lincoln. However, in November 1977, facing financial trouble, the contract for operations on the Concord to Lincoln line was cancelled, and a new contract was ...
The Strasburg Rail Road, which has been in operation since 1832, said they rank as one of the region’s most frequented attractions and the most visited tourist railroad in the continental U.S ...