Sites Related to New Hampshire Railroads

• The Library of Congress  A site with an enormous collection of historical maps, including birds-eye-view maps that show plainly the exact location of older railroad stations in many American cities and towns and even provide sketch views of the depots themselves. 

• The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society The B&MRRHS official web page. Click here for information on the Society's services, publications, calendar, dues schedule, etc.  Click here for an excellent on-line tour or station photos and images.  Click here for an excellent on-line tour of station photos and images.

• The Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. The Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts group has its own web page. Click here for information on the Society's services, publications, calendar, dues schedule, etc. (which often involve NH railroading).

• The Walker Transportation Collection Richard Symmes, curator. The Walker Transportation Collection of the Beverly (MA) Historical Society and Museum houses an enormous collection of Railroad related materials, particularly photographs. The museum is located at 117 Cabot St., Beverly MA, 01915 [(978) 922-1186, and is open to the public on Wednesday, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
• List of New Hampshire Railroads    Useful Wikipedia page with quick references to railroads in NH, operating or defunct.

• The MEC and B&M in New Hampshire: Webpage By James Larson. A compact, nicely kept site with a clear and interesting focus.

• Scott's Railroad Archaeology Page By Scott Currier. A site devoted to the archaeology of abandoned branches of the B&M Railroad in Southern New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts. Scott is one of the chief contributors to the NH and the MA stations sites.

• Mystery Depots in Massachusetts and New Hampshire By Steve Fisk. A website with discussions of depots that have eluded positive identification (these are also linked to pages on the Massachusetts depots site).

• Northern New England Railfan Page By Chuck Petlick. A site that contains three official and eight unofficial webpages of railroads operating in New Hampshire.

• New Hampshire Rail Trails A site devoted to places in New Hampshire where the railroads used to run.

• A Brief History of the Tilton-Lincoln NH Line By George Kenson. An engaging and informative text about railroading through central New Hampshire, with photographs and postcards.

• The Flying Yankee By The Flying Yankee Restoration Group. A website devoted to the history and restoration of one of the great trains of the New England past.

• Ossipee-area Stations By Ossipee History and Folklore Site. This community's website includes a page devoted to photos of railroad stations in the general Ossipee area.

• Trainman's Rockingham Jct. Page By Matt Cosgro. A site containing terrific photos of this small, beloved railfan shrine.

• Trainman's Nashua City Station Page By Matt Cosgro. A site containing a great many postcard views and information on railroading in Nashua, NH and elsewhere, along with very useful station-site locations..

• The Station at Sandown, NH By the Sandown Historical Society. A nice website on a beautiful small-town New Hampshire railroad station.

• The Durham Station By the University of New Hampshire. A small one-page site on the history of the station at Durham, now part of the University of New Hampshire.

• The Crawford Notch Depot By Brian Hebert. A report (with photos) on the project to refurbish the Crawford Notch station site.

• Union, NH: Anatomy of a Train Station By Mark Sage. A website devoted to Mark's restoration of the former B&M depot at Union, NH, his home.

• NERAIL: The New England Rail Mailing List  By Gil Emery. A site that deals with every aspect of railroading in New England; be sure to visit the photo archive maintained by Jeff Morris, which features hundreds of photos of all kinds of railroads contributed by a variety of railfans.

• New Hampshire Railroad Revitalization Association By Matt Cosgro.   A site that deals with every aspect of railroading in New England; be sure to visit the photo archive maintained by Jeff Morris, which features hundreds of photos of all kinds of railroads contributed by a variety of railfans.

• Massachusetts Railroad Certificate Collection By Gary Rosenhahn. A website with a spectacular collection of stock and bond certificates from railroads serving both Massachusetts and New Hampshire

• Grand Trunk Railway in New England By Tim Sullivan. A website devoted to the very interesting railroad that has crossed northern NH in a variety of guises for many years.

• The Suncook Valley Railroad A website devoted to this very likeable small, local railroad.

• Lakeshore Railroad By "McDude." An extensive posting (on a discussion thread) devoted to the quaint and scenic railroad that ran along Lake Winnipesaukee from Alton to Lakeport.

• Wolfeboro Railroad By "McDude." An extensive posting (on a discussion thread) devoted to another quaint and scenic railroad in the Lakes Region.

• Railroading in New Hampshire Today By Ed Sanders.   A website organized around this central theme, with a wide variety of links on various subtopics--lots of information and many good photographs.

• MassHome's Massachusetts Railroad Page By Owen Devlin.  A very hepful webpage featuring a variety of links to railroad sites of all kinds throughout Massachusetts and surrounding areas.

• New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad Corporate home page, with information and photographs.

• The Grand Trunk Railway Historical Society The GTRHS has its own web page. Click here for information on the Society's services, publications, calendar, dues schedule, etc.

• Logging in Lincoln, New Hampshire: The Mills, The People, The Logging Railroads By Rick Russack.  A website devoted to this key aspect of New Hampshire railroading, with links to a good deal of information and many interesting images.

• Amherst Railway Society   Home page of the Amherst Railway Society, a very active organization and an especially useful source of information on all aspects of railroading in New England.

• The Troy Cheshire Railroad Depot   by the Troy Cheshire Railroad Commission.  An attractive and informative website about the restored Troy, NH, depot and about railroading in the area. The site features a nice collection of images of the Troy depot, past and present.

• Dave's Electric Railroads   By Dave.  A website loaded with images and data about street railways throughout America, notably in New Hampshire.

• Steam-Era Engine and Shop Facilities of New England By NERAIL. A website that lists standing roundhouses, turntables, switch towers, coaling facilities and the like-- an excellent place to start if you're looking for types of extant railroad structures in the six New England states.

• New England Depot  By Jonelle DeFelice.  A multi-featured website with extensive coverage of railroading in New England, including many of Jonelle's very fine photographs of stations and locomotives.

• Railroads Coming into Dover  By Mrs. John Scales.   An article from 1906, now housed in the Dover Public Library.

• B&M Railroad (in Dover)  A short webpage now housed in the Dover Public Library, including nice images and lots of information..

• Hillsborough Historical Society: Railroad  A small collection of New Hampshire railroad images.

• The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad  By George Kenson.  A brief history of the railroad, with small depot images and information.

• New Hampshire Central Railroad  By Jack Dodd.  A history of the railroad, with photos.

• (Old Train Stations)  A link to pinterest.com that contains, among other images, many excellent photos of old train stations.

• The Railroad Comes to New Boston  By The New Boston (NH) Historical Society.  A site featuring excellent images of and information on one of the more endearing depots in New Hampshire.

• New Hampshire Railroads and Railfanning in "The Granite State" By American Rail.  A link that contains a number of railroad-related matters in NH, as well as many outside of NH in various sub-categories, including one on stations.

• The Boston & Maine Railroad  By Earl Tuson.  A site featuring a wealth of information about the B&M, particularly prototype data; special interest in the Suncook Valley RR.

• The Boston & Maine Railroad On-Line Books Page  Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom.  A compendium of historical reports, etc., published by the B&M Railroad.

• Windham Junction Then and Now  By the Windham Rail Trail Alliance.  A small page with some very fine historical and contemporary photos of the Windham Jct. station and surroundings.

• Manahan-Phelps-McCulloch Photographic Collection  The website an organization that owns a great many negatives (from which prints may be made) of railroading in Hillsborough, NH, and surroundings.

• History of the Manchester - Milford Railroad with emphasis on Bedford, NH.  By Randy Barnhart.  A youtube presentation with useful maps and photos.

• The Unofficial Boston & Maine Railroad Page By James V. VanBokkelen.

• Bartlett Train Stations By Scotty Mallett for the Bartlett Historical Society.  Separate pages with information and images of the Maine central depots in Bartlett, Intervale, and Glen-Jackson, NH.

• White Mountain History  By WhiteMountainHistory.org  A very engaging site devoted to all aspects of its subject but which includes a great deal of material on railroading in the area, with galleries of wonderful images.

The following links are to sites of interest but which, regrettably, appear to be down (please let me know if you find this not to be the case):

• Unofficial Guilford Rail Systems Home Page By John Dietz. (down as of May 2008)

• NH Transportation: Railroads in New Hampshire A website devoted to all aspects of railroading in New Hampshire, historical or otherwise.  (down as of May 2008)

• Ossipee-area Stations By Ossipee History and Folklore Site. This community's website includes a page devoted to photos of railroad stations in the general Ossipee area. (down as of May 2008)

• Marshfield Station A short link with history and views of the Mt. Washington base stations. (down as of May 2008)