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fatlazyless · 06-08-2023, 02:34 AM

I have heard from someone who lives next to this single railroad track that it is owned by the State of New Hampshire and this Hobo R.R.summer tourist train, single track was also the former NH train route between Boston and Montreal, Quebec via New Hampshire. There are NO trains using the track for a number of years now except for the summer Hobo Railroad because the New England transportation road system has totally moved from trains on railroad tracks to big trucks with rubber tires that transport freight directly to their final destination. Something that trains do not do.

There is a contention over what's the best use for this track. Some want it recreated into a Lake Winnipesaukee waterfront rail trail, a 12' wide smooth gray gravel roadway with two-way traffic used by pedestrians, bicyclers, and cross country skiers.

For most every day of the year it is a totally unused single railroad track positioned directly close to the shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee and the single home property abutters very much are happy with this situation, and want it to stay this way as opposed to a public use, rail trail for pedestrians, bicyclers, and cross country skiers.

The State of New Hampshire came to own this single track when it was abandoned by the Boston and Montreal Railroad. From about 1880 to 1970 it was a very busy train track but trains have become replaced by big trucks with tires here in New England.

Here's a rail trail website ...... the Concord- Lake Sunapee Rail Trail ..... www.clsrt.org .... from the Concord NH area that shows a fantastic improvement remade from an abandoned railroad track,

And, a rail trail in the Wolfeboro NH area .....the Cotton Valley Rail Trail ..... www.cottonvalleyrailtrail.org

Laconia NH has the Wow Trail .... www.wowtrail.org .... which some day MIGHT get extended onto the railroad right-of-way and single track that is currently the home of the Hobo Railroad ..... www.hoborr.com ..... a local summer tourist train along the beautiful shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee.

06-08-2023, 02:34 AM	#5
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,547 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 297 Thanked 958 Times in 699 Posts	...... Railroad private property, no trespassing! I have heard from someone who lives next to this single railroad track that it is owned by the State of New Hampshire and this Hobo R.R.summer tourist train, single track was also the former NH train route between Boston and Montreal, Quebec via New Hampshire. There are NO trains using the track for a number of years now except for the summer Hobo Railroad because the New England transportation road system has totally moved from trains on railroad tracks to big trucks with rubber tires that transport freight directly to their final destination. Something that trains do not do. There is a contention over what's the best use for this track. Some want it recreated into a Lake Winnipesaukee waterfront rail trail, a 12' wide smooth gray gravel roadway with two-way traffic used by pedestrians, bicyclers, and cross country skiers. For most every day of the year it is a totally unused single railroad track positioned directly close to the shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee and the single home property abutters very much are happy with this situation, and want it to stay this way as opposed to a public use, rail trail for pedestrians, bicyclers, and cross country skiers. The State of New Hampshire came to own this single track when it was abandoned by the Boston and Montreal Railroad. From about 1880 to 1970 it was a very busy train track but trains have become replaced by big trucks with tires here in New England. Here's a rail trail website ...... the Concord- Lake Sunapee Rail Trail ..... www.clsrt.org .... from the Concord NH area that shows a fantastic improvement remade from an abandoned railroad track, And, a rail trail in the Wolfeboro NH area .....the Cotton Valley Rail Trail ..... www.cottonvalleyrailtrail.org Laconia NH has the Wow Trail .... www.wowtrail.org .... which some day MIGHT get extended onto the railroad right-of-way and single track that is currently the home of the Hobo Railroad ..... www.hoborr.com ..... a local summer tourist train along the beautiful shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!