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Originally Posted by joey2665
I do have a question, you stated the rail line is also used for freight.
In my 12 years here I have never seen a freight line go though this area. Am I wrong or just have not seen it? Just curious as I said I do not want the rail to be abandoned. Thanks.
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From the Laconia Daily Sun article:
Pete Dearness, owner and manager of New England Southern Railroad, uses the tracks for freight operations.
“I have no objection to the trail per se,” he said. “Trails are OK. My position is that our concern is both with respect to freight and the tourist potential on the line, and that it would be fine if somehow the committee could find a way to get the funding and to build the trail with the rail.
"We strongly object to any idea of taking up the rail.”