High Green Episode 9: Brian Dame on the Wolfeboro Railroad
Wolfeboro, NH, 1974. Dana D. Goodwin photo, B&MRRHS Archives.
In the early 1970s, Donald Hallock of the Strasburg Railroad endeavored to start a tourist and freight railroad on the 12-mile Wolfeboro Branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad. In doing so, he helped start a beloved institution wherein many railroaders cut their teeth. One such railroader was Brian Dame of Rochester, whose close affiliation with railroading began on the Wolfeboro; both at the operation in Wolfeboro and with the short-lived passenger and freight “Central Division” operating on the state-owned line between Concord and Lincoln. Follow along as Brian talks the people, equipment and stories of the gone, but not forgotten, Wolfeboro Railroad.
