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High Green Episode 9: Brian Dame on the Wolfeboro Railroad
Wolfeboro, NH, 1974. Dana D. Goodwin photo, B&MRRHS Archives.
In the early 1970s, Donald Hallock of the Strasburg Railroad endeavored to start a tourist and freight railroad on the 12-mile Wolfeboro Branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad. In doing so, he helped start a beloved institution wherein many railroaders cut their teeth. One such railroader was Brian Dame of Rochester, whose close affiliation with railroading began on the Wolfeboro; both at the operation in Wolfeboro and with the short-lived passenger and freight “Central Division” operating on the state-owned line between Concord and Lincoln. Follow along as Brian talks the people, equipment and stories of the gone, but not forgotten, Wolfeboro Railroad.
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The former Wolfeboro Railroad station, dating back to the original Wolfeboro Railroad in 1872. The station was later used by successors the Eastern Railroad and the Boston & Maine, and finally by the reincarnated Wolfeboro Railroads of the 1970s and 1980s. Neil Rousseau photo." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624efffd8ef1885fd8ab5ca1/1651698962714-DANRVDIP5H1O8SYIFCSB/171650684_4317752984902812_5579152712154525005_n.jpg" role="button" class="
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By Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society
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Wolfeboro, NH, 1974. Dana D. Goodwin photo, B&MRRHS Archives.
In the early 1970s, Donald Hallock of the Strasburg Railroad endeavored to start a tourist and freight railroad on the 12-mile Wolfeboro Branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad. In doing so, he helped start a beloved institution wherein many railroaders cut their teeth. One such railroader was Brian Dame of Rochester, whose close affiliation with railroading began on the Wolfeboro; both at the operation in Wolfeboro and with the short-lived passenger and freight “Central Division” operating on the state-owned line between Concord and Lincoln. Follow along as Brian talks the people, equipment and stories of the gone, but not forgotten, Wolfeboro Railroad.
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