Winter trail users must always be aware of the existence of steel rails under the snow cover. Indeed, these buried rails are particularly hazardous in the vicinity of switches, bridges, road and farm crossings!
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Topographic map of Columbia Bridge
Columbia Bridge. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on March 6, 2000.
The trail ends adjacent to the Columbia Covered Bridge. Note that there was no snowmobile trail signs or other evidence of snowmobile usage of the Columbia-Colebrook trail segment on March 6, 2000!
Spot checks from the parallel highway and paved public road crossings on March 6, 2000 suggest that the railroad is otherwise intact in this area.
No trail facilities were observed in the vicinity of Columbia Bridge!
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places:Columbia Covered Bridge Across Connecticut River between US 3 and VT 102 Columbia
The New Hampshire Central Railroad still operates south of Columbia Bridge for
the purpose of moving railroad freight cars for repair purposes between its shop
building and the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) interchange in North Stratford.
Cars being moved to the shops may be defective in one manner or another, and the
the locomotive engineer must have almost no visibility of the track ahead when
repaired cars are pushed back to the SLR interchange. In any event, trail
usage of the
railroad track south of Columbia Bridge is both hazardous and illegal!
Shop building of the New Hampshire Central Railroad. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on March 6, 2000.
Cars awaiting repair next to the New Hampshire Central Railroad shops. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on March 6, 2000.
Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur.
Updated on March 01, 2001 by Kenyon F.
Karl <[email protected]>.
Unintentional errors are likely!
