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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 ...
The White Mountain Central Railroad is a short heritage railway at Clark's Bears in Lincoln, New Hampshire.It is notable as being one of the few places in New England with regular steam locomotive operation, [1] as well as being a very rare example of a purpose-built tourist railroad (like those found in amusement parks and theme parks) that uses standard-gauge track instead of narrow-gauge track.
Clark's Bears, named Clark's Trading Post until 2019, [1] [2] is a visitor attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains.It is known for its trained bears [3] and for the White Mountain Central Railroad, a 30-minute, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) steam-powered train ride.
The train was moved on August 10, 2005, to the Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Plans to move it to Concord, New Hampshire, site of a former Boston and Maine railyard, fell through in 2017. [3]
New Hampshire Central Railroad: B&M: 1848 1853 Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad: New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad: NHVT 1989 2000 New Hampshire Central Railroad: North Stratford Railroad: NSRC 1977 1989 New Hampshire Central Railroad: Northern Railroad: B&M: 1844 Pemigewasset Valley Railroad: B&M: 1874 1947 Boston and Maine Railroad ...
In 1975, the Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation filed to abandon its 73-mile (117 km) "White Mountain Branch" stretching between Concord and Lincoln.Recognizing the need of the on-line customers and the potential of the line for a sewer right-of-way, the State of New Hampshire purchased the branch and sought a shortline railroad to carry out operations.
After a short period of time in high-speed service, the train was split up, and the cars were used in service with the New Haven's other RDCs. They worked for the New Haven, Penn Central, and Amtrak, until the last cars were retired in the 1980s. In the 1970s, Amtrak used several ex-Roger Williams cars on the New Haven–Boston Bay State. [2]
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 ...