For a freight railroad to be successful it needs regular customers like shipping Wyoming coal to an Alabama coal burning, electric power plant by railroad freight train on a regular weekly freight run.
Almost all freight goes on a truck over the highway system.
About one hour north on Mt Washington, the Cog RR tried running a ski train for skiing on Mt Washington,
www.nelsap.org/nh/cog.html in the winter of 2005-2006.
How's about a ski train to bring Boston skiers to Gunstock for the weekend? I don't think that would work. Here in New Hampshire, freight goes by truck and people go by car or bus.
www.thecog.com is a very happening New Hampshire passenger railroad.
With no passengers, no freight, and no trains, that single railroad track that runs from Lakeport to Weirs Beach to Meredith is just taking up space on the 9-mile lake waterfront shoreline embankment.