Touring the Boston & Maine New Hampshire Division

JD1 from White River Junction arrives via South River. This train, powered by an AB set of F units, works through the Woodsriver wye. This mixed cut backs by the Woodsriver station on its way to the yard. In back is the Kim oil company and the Twin States fruit warehouse. Number 4268 will pick up six boxcars for Berlin, New Hampshire. In back is the Woodsriver Coal Company. With the switching completed, JD1 rolls by the Woodsriver freight house. The newly switched train leaves town under the Highway 302 bridge. The Upper Valley dairy co-op is just one part of the milk business on the Boston and Maine. This ball signal still controls the crossing at Haverhill Junction. The F units must take the Barrett siding to wait for train number nine. JD1 crosses the plate girder bridge over the Ammonoosuc River. Barrett is home to the Barron Chelsea freight depot. In back is the Perini Brothers Granite Company and the New Hampshire Westerly granite shed. The building behind the engine is the Barrett creamery. Train nine is the passenger milk run from Boston. Number nine will drop an empty milk car at the Barrett creamery. As soon as number nine arrives, JD1 must clear the main. With the main clear, the milk train can now reach the creamery siding. Train nine crosses through Haverhill Junction. Wells is home to the White Mountain Paper Company. It requires 15 cars in and 15 cars out every day. In the back is the power plant for the mill. The crew in the caboose gets a chance to see the workings of the mill. Wells freight station and the Hitchshock oil distributor account for the rest of the freight traffic in this town. Some folks are waiting at the station for the next passenger train, or maybe they just came here to watch trains. The road bed in the foreground is all that remains of a loop that was abandoned in 1902. Before leaving Wells, JD1 crosses the Barron Chelsea and passes the Wells tank. The train now heads to North Gorham.