White Mountains Railroad

White Mountains RR, as of 1999

Legend former route from Wells River (ex BCM ) 0.00 Woodsville NH former route to Concord (ex BCM) 8.35 Bath NH 17.16 Lisbon NH 20.44 Sugar Hill NH (summer only) 25.96 Barrett NH 34.09 Littleton NH 35.92 Apthorp NH 43.58 Wing Road NH (0.00) former route to Mt. Washington Base former route from Bethlehem (ex PFN ) Twin Mountain Profile (ex PFN, 914 mm) 6.52 Bethlehem Junction NH 14.16 Twin Mountain NH 20.18 White Mountain House NH 21.44 Fabyan NH (formerly Fabyan's Place) Route Portland - St. Johnsbury (ex P & O ) 22.60 Bretton Woods NH (summer only) 32.30 Washington Base NH 51.37 Whitefield Junction NH Route to Berlin (ex W&J ) Line from Portland (ex P&O) 56.28 Scott NH Route to St. Johnsbury (ex P&O) 59.19 Dalton NH 62.23 Mountorne NH (formerly South Lancaster) 69.62 Lancaster NH Quebec Junction stretch (ex UCR ) 70.96 Coos Junction NH former route to Beecher Falls (ex UCR) 79.18 Northumberland NH Montreal route (ex GT ) 85.12 Groveton NH Route to Portland (ex GT)

The White Mountains Railroad is a former railroad company in New Hampshire ( United States ). It was founded on December 24, 1848 and initially built a branch line that connected to the main line of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad (BCM) in Woodsville and led to Littleton . The 34-kilometer standard-gauge line was opened in August 1853.

After the company got into financial difficulties, it had to file for bankruptcy and was formally re-established on February 1, 1859 under the old name. At the same time, BCM leased the company for an initial five years, but the contract was later repeated. After the extension to Whitefield Junction was opened in July 1869 , the line was extended to Lancaster on December 1, 1870 . The remainder of the route to Groveton was finally opened in 1872. In 1873 the company was finally taken over by BCM. The branch route to Mount Washington that was started was completed by the new owner. In July 1874 the opening took place up to Fabyan's Place , in the following year the operation could be extended to the foot of the mountain. A rack railway , the Mount Washington Cog Railway , had existed from the valley station to the mountain since 1869 , but there was no track connection with it due to the different gauge. The Fabyan's Place – Mt. Washington, like the rack railway, was only operated in the summer season.

After the merger of BCM with other companies to form the Concord and Montreal Railroad in 1889, the Boston and Maine Railroad took over the management of the route network of the former White Mountains Railroad in 1895 . Today almost all routes are closed, only between Littleton and Whitefield Junction and between Coos Junction and Groveton the trains of the New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad still run .

literature

• George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. 2nd edition. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Walker: Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. New England & Maritime Canada. SPV-Verlag, Dunkirk (GB), 1999.
2. ↑ Distance kilometers from http://www.trainweb.org/nhrra/Mileage-Charts/BM-RR/White-Mtns-Main.htm