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Russ, A good start to a list. I've been working on a similar project for some time and have some to add to your list. I'll send them on in a day or two. But thanks for the couple on your list I didn't have as yet. By the way you might find a couple of books I've been using for research interesting. ...

I agree with the ex-DRGW line over Tennessee Pass, BUT, it would be best to include the line from Minturn (near Vail) all the way to Canon City as it goes along one of the prettiest valleys in the Rockies. It follows the every growing Arkansas River from just outside Leadville to Buena Vista, Salida...

In case anyone was still looking into this road (or any others in New England) there are two books that will be of considerable help. First (now in its third edition) is "Lost Railroads of New England" by Ronald Dale Karr. The other is "Names First -- Rails Later" by L. Peter Cal...

The March 1940 issue of Railroad Magazine, on p. 139, shows a pic by Linwood Moody of a Knox train pushing "the Old Portland plow" over their line. It also mentions the lines operations having taken over by the Great Northern Paper Co. after the Knox's ceasing being a common carrier in 193...