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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 ...
Aug. 22—A Florida company with rail operations in 23 states has acquired two of New Hampshire's scenic railroads, promising to add services to boost ridership on the iconic trains. Patriot Rail ...
Hobo Railroad will take on the name Granite State Scenic Railway this spring. The Clark family, of Clark's Bears fame, sold the beloved tourist attraction to Florida-based Patriot Rail Company LLC ...
Since 2010 the railroad has operated on an as-needed basis, serving the 3M plant and delivering the odd equipment move to the Hobo Railroad. Occasional special moves, including 2014 and 2018 contracts with the New Hampshire Army National Guard to ship military equipment to and from training exercises, have supplemented the railroad's income. [1]
Twin State Railroad: TSRD 1984 1999 New Hampshire Central Railroad: Upper Coos Railroad: MEC: 1883 1982 Maine Central Railroad: Vermont Central Railroad: CN: 1871 1873 Central Vermont Railroad: West Amesbury Branch Railroad: B&M: 1868 1893 Boston and Maine Railroad: White Mountains Railroad: B&M: 1848 1873 Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
The Flying Yankee sitting at the Hobo Railroad in 2020, with its trucks removed. In 1997, the train was moved to the Concord and Claremont Railroad shops in Claremont, New Hampshire, for a restoration after it was purchased by the state of New Hampshire. By 2004, the major structural restoration had been completed, and detailed restoration of ...
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]
Some called him the Highbrow Hobo, others a curbstone orator, a walking encyclopedia, or a human history book. To most he was known simply as “Railroad Jack, History Expert.”