Owl's Nest/Wise Owl, Alton, NH

Jonas Pilot · 07-13-2012, 07:35 PM

Well said Railroad Joe.

lagoon · 07-15-2012, 09:24 AM

Alan is a good source of information but he could not possibly catch up to what we know about the Railroad Bed in West Alton now. We are hoping to have some news next week regarding this and any experience you or others have had on the Railroad Bed could be important to us particularly if it was from years ago.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I do not want to say more here.

Altonbayicefishingfool · 07-21-2012, 10:37 PM

From some of the comments I have read here, I think there is some great misunderstanding about the old railroad beds and "rights of way"

There is a small section of railbed in Alton Bay that has been in my family since shortly after the rail system shut down. This property abuts the main property but is deeded and tax assessed seperatly from the main piece of land.as the land owner ( as my grandfather as well paid taxes on this property)this is not a "right of way" nor is it public property as some of the town folks think it is!!! Including our fearless (and careless road agent) as one winter decided he was going To dump every square inch of snow from the bay parking onto our property... A little research goes a long way, this being said a lot of that overgrown, sometimes forgotten about railbed is PRIVATE PROPERTY!

Slickcraft · 07-22-2012, 05:58 AM

Much (maybe all) of the rail bed in Alton had originally been taken by the State using eminent domain and then leased to the RR. After the demise of the RR the State deeded the fee interest to the Town. The town then sold the fee interest to many short segments to abutting land owners as noted by fishingfool.

The Town also retained ownership to many segments like the Bay parking area;also near the Police station and near Woodlands Road.

So some segments of the old RR bed are now private property and some are public property.

07-21-2012, 10:37 PM	#3
Altonbayicefishingfool Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 153 Thanks: 19 Thanked 52 Times in 30 Posts	Note about the old railbed From some of the comments I have read here, I think there is some great misunderstanding about the old railroad beds and "rights of way" There is a small section of railbed in Alton Bay that has been in my family since shortly after the rail system shut down. This property abuts the main property but is deeded and tax assessed seperatly from the main piece of land.as the land owner ( as my grandfather as well paid taxes on this property)this is not a "right of way" nor is it public property as some of the town folks think it is!!! Including our fearless (and careless road agent) as one winter decided he was going To dump every square inch of snow from the bay parking onto our property... A little research goes a long way, this being said a lot of that overgrown, sometimes forgotten about railbed is PRIVATE PROPERTY!

07-22-2012, 05:58 AM	#4
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 1,260 Thanked 2,148 Times in 983 Posts	Raileoad bed in Alton Much (maybe all) of the rail bed in Alton had originally been taken by the State using eminent domain and then leased to the RR. After the demise of the RR the State deeded the fee interest to the Town. The town then sold the fee interest to many short segments to abutting land owners as noted by fishingfool. The Town also retained ownership to many segments like the Bay parking area;also near the Police station and near Woodlands Road. So some segments of the old RR bed are now private property and some are public property. Last edited by Slickcraft; 07-22-2012 at 01:06 PM.

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07-13-2012, 07:35 PM	#1
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Well said Railroad Joe.

07-15-2012, 09:24 AM	#2
lagoon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 87 Thanks: 36 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	Alan is a good source of information but he could not possibly catch up to what we know about the Railroad Bed in West Alton now. We are hoping to have some news next week regarding this and any experience you or others have had on the Railroad Bed could be important to us particularly if it was from years ago. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I do not want to say more here.