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Article: Vintage train still rolls across vintage Vermont
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2008
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BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. - The hills, woods, and fields of southern
Vermont's rural landscape roll by as the Green Mountain Flyer chugs
between Bellows Falls and Chester.
The historic train departs near the Bellows Falls canal, among
the oldest man-made channels in the country. Rail service began here
in the 1840s, ferrying wood, brick, iron, and stone. Passenger
service followed and now the Green Mountain Railroad carries freight
and passengers on several scenic trains across the state.
Riders embark from a brick depot with high-backed wooden benches.
The current depot sits on the site of the original, which was built
in 1851 and destroyed by fire in 1923. The Rutland Railroad Co.
rebuilt ...