Abandoned ROW of Southern New England Railroad

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Abandoned ROW of the Southern New England Railroad, constucted in 1912-13. This portion of ROW went from the CSX (former Boston & Albany "B&A") railroad line south toward Fenton Mountain. This railroad, designed to connect the Central Vermont Railroad at Palmer, MA to Providence, R.I., was never completed. If the railroad had been completed, it would have crossed the B&A and the Quaboag River Valley on a high hairpin shaped bridge. For more information, pictures, and maps, see the book "Titanic Railroad: The Southern New England Railroad, The Story of New England's Last Great Railroad War," by Larry Lowenthal, published by Marker Press in Brimfield, MA in 1998, ISBN 0-9662736-0-5. The Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts maintain a good website with pictures of the SNE ROW taken on 4/17/04: www.massbayrre.org/Gallery/PSNE0400.htm.