by sextant
This week I am explaoring the Lamoille Valley rail trail which goes between Swanton VT and Saint Johnsbury VT and leanred that the route was supposed to part of a transcon main line between Portland and the Great Lakes. I have sinc e learned that the rails are intact to Gilman VT to a abandoned paper mill there and then on ti Littleton NY. I dont know if this line was a complete through route to Ogensburg and was owned by Pinsly short lines. Lamolle Valley was owned bt the state and last freight customer was Abestoses mine in Belevidere VT hardly sustainible. Had it existed today I believe it would have made a great Interodal route as a alternitive to the Class One mono[poly