Hello old friends.
It’s been quite a while, but I can finally return to my trains after five years living in Rhode Island and having no space for them. I am now back in Massachusetts and one of my first railroad tasks has been updating my website. Which has evolved into adding a section about railroad history in New England.
I would greatly appreciate anyone who may be able to help me with this endeavor. I am looking for information, resources, locations, artifacts, anything at all that relates to the near-200 year history of trains in New England. If anyone has anything to share, I would love to hear about it!
One specific thing I am looking for is places where there are abandoned tracks, stock, etc that I could explore and photograph. (There is a spot in Northampton, MA where a small section of track has been left to age, which I explored a while back.)
If it helps, please feel free to check out what I have so far on my website. My two big projects right now are 1) a map of railroad-related things to do and explore in NE and 2) a “family tree” of all the railroads that ever existed here.
Thank you & I look forward to talking to you all again,
John W.