Upper Coos Railroad
The Upper Coos Railroad is a former railway company, both in New Hampshire and in Vermont ( United States was entered). It was founded on August 28, 1883 in New Hampshire and in October 1884 in Vermont, and built a standard-gauge line from Quebec Junction to the Canadian border at Beecher Falls . The 89 kilometer long railway line was completed in sections between 1888 and 1891 and ran along the Connecticut River , which forms the border between the two states of New Hampshire and Vermont. The 19.8 km long section in Vermont between the two bridges over the Connecticut River at Guildhall and Brunswick belonged to the Coos Valley Railroad , founded on November 14, 1882 , but was operated from the beginning by the Upper Coos. The Upper Coos Railroad in Vermont only owned the approximately 2.5 km long section from the river bridge at West Stewartstown to the Canadian border at Beecher Falls.
On May 1, 1890, the Maine Central Railroad (MEC) leased the Upper Coos Railroad for 999 years. At the same time, the Upper Coos Railroad in New Hampshire leased its sister company of the same name in Vermont and the Coos Valley Railroad. In January 1932, the MEC finally merged with the two companies. Today only the Waumbek Junction – Coos Junction and North Stratford – Columbia Bridge sections are in operation.
literature
- George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads 2nd Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
- Poor's Manual of Railroads, 44th Annual Number. Poor's Railroad Manual Co., 1911.