MAGAZINE RAILROAD History HOUSATONIC Claremont Concord

This is a wonderful Vintage Magazines about RAILROADS, TRAINS......

THE RAILROAD ENTHUSIAST  -  WINTER and SPRING, 1973

RAILROADIN'  NOSTALGIA  ISSUE

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The cover shows: The CLAREMONT BRANCH of the Boston & Maine Railroad 'took its snows in heavy doses' 1920-21....showing plow train with three steam locomotives separated by box cars.........

The Wonderful Vintage Articles include:

THE EPIC OF THE RAILROAD BOOMER - "The boomer always stayed close to the rails, ready to hop a freight and ride the rods, or to wangle a ride on the cushions fro a tolerant trainman, to a place where they hoped a new job beckoned when they landed it......These old time transients who followed the trains deeper and deeper into the western Wilderness were, however, by no means irresponsible drifters or adventurers...."

GONE RAILROADING - "I was born along the old Erie Canal in upstate New York and my folks had been making a living along the "Big Ditch" for as long as I could remember...The New York Central Railroad, commonly nown as "The Four Track Canal" paralleled the waterway for many miles......"

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE OLD RAILROAD DEPOT - "....Take a look at Exeter, New Hampshire, through which the proud State of Maine Express used to roar on its daily run between New York and Portland.....Today it is a restaurant and grocery store....."

HOUSATONIC HIGHLIGHTS - A Historical Profile of the Housatonic RR - The New Haven Railroad's Pitttsfield Line......"The Housatonic RR was incorporated in Connecticut in 1836 as the 'Ousatonic', after the river of the same name....The road was opened from Birdgeport to New Milford on February 11, 1840, and the state line at Canaan the following year...."

OLD 97 AGAIN...great article..

HEAD ON - .....Forty-seven people were injured, 13 requiring hospitalization..Six ambulance arrived at the scene as well as members of eight police departments.....What caused the collision?  No one was saying...."

TO CONCORD VIA LAKE SUNAPEE - A Brief History of the Claremont Branch of the B&M, now the Claremont & Concord Railway.....

THE BIG TOP RIDES THE RAILS - An Obituary for the Old Time Circus Train

THE LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE

THESE ARE GREAT ARTICLES - filled with historic facts, details and events..........and each accompanied by beautiful vintage illustrations  !!

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