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Originally Posted by jetskier
Hi Joey,
Sorry about the late entry into the discussion. I was in California with a client and just got back into town on the red eye this morning.
The frontage along Paugus was "taken" by the state in (I believe) 1973 when B&M railroad could not afford to make repairs to the tracks north of Meredith. A section of the track washed out and there was an active paper mill serviced by the railroad at that time. The taking by the state was explicitly to preserve the integrity of the rail system and specific to railroad use.
OK, right now there is a legislative action in draft in Concord that will become public in early January. The prevailing belief is that it is intended to create an abandonment of the railroad to re-purpose the rail bed for rails-to-trails vs. rails-with-trails. See the link below.
There are two active rail users of the proposed extension to the WOW trail. One is the Hobo railroad that provides the tourist excursions several times per day during the summer. The second is the New England Southern Railroad (see attached picture) which is an active freight line. The New England Southern Railroad has runs up to Lincoln predominantly in the spring and fall when the Hobo railroad is not operating. They carry large freight including rail cars for the MBTA in Boston.
SD and LB both have rights of access to the lake and I have never heard of any disclosure regarding the disposition of the taking as historically it has not had any bearing on the community. I certainly had no disclosure when I bought my property.
I think that shutting down two active businesses to construct a recreational trail is not rational from any perspective.
http://www.unionleader.com/news/poli...d8c442fc8.html |
I absolutely agree shutting down two businesses for a trail is completely irrational.
Interesting information. I did not know the Clark Family owns the Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railways.
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