The Official Trail Brochure is available at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce Web Site!
The following trail mileage chart also serves as a table of links to pages containing detailed rail-trail information and associated pictures. Each page contains information about the trail from the indicated location in both directions to a point roughly half-way to the next location.
| Miles* | Location |
|---|---|
| 1.2 | Jones Industrial Ctr |
| 2.6 | Paddock Bridge |
| 2.7 | Rte 11 Underpass |
| 3.9 | Cheshire Bridge |
* miles from downtown Springfield according to signs along the trail
Expansion planned for Springfield truck stop (August 29, 2001 - Rutland Herald)
Friends take inventory of trees, neglect (Aug 04, 2001 - Rutland Herald)
Springfield sees re-designerd Web site as handy resource (Mar 31, 2001 - Rutland Herald)
Vermont Transit Lines
(#65) [Greyhound]
provides intercity bus service to Springfield on its Rutland-Keene-Boston
service. Connections are available at Brattleboro for service (#67) to/from
Springfield MA, Hartford CT, and New York NY. Vermont Transit will accept a bike
or skis in a box as part of the passenger baggage allowance!
Town & Village Bus
provides local transportation within Springfield as well as rural
transportation to Bellows Falls via Chester. Commuter bus transportation is also
available between Bellows Falls and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in
Lebanon NH, where
connections are available to the Advance
Transit Bus System to Hanover, Lebanon, Canaan, Norwich, Wilder, Hartford,
& White River Junction. Previous communications suggest that the Town
& Village Bus does not accommodate bicycles & skis!
Listed on the National
Register of Historic Places:
Springfield
Chamber of Commerce Web Page offers information on a variety of tourism
topics for Springfield and the surrounding towns.
| Cycle | Project Name | City | Activity | Federal $ | Match $ | Total $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Springfield Rail Trail | Springfield | Construction | $460,680 | $115,170 | $575,850 |
| Item | From | To | Year | RR | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
391 |
Charlestown | Springfield | 1991 | ST |
3.9 |
ST - Springfield Terminal Railway
Two pages containing historic photographs of the Springfield Terminal Railway Company and its predecessor Springfield Electric Railway is part of a small Web Site for the Electric Railroads of Vermont, maintained at the Vergennes Union High School Web Site.
Scott Whitney has posted some historic photographs of the Springfield Terminal Railway to his NMRO Web Site.
Two historic photographs have been reproduced in the Official Trail Brochure that has been posted to the Springfield Chamber of Commerce Web Site.
A notebook of pictures of the Springfield Terminal Railway can be examined at the Springfield Art & Historical Society, 9 Elm Hill, PO Box 313, Springfield, VT 05156 (phone 802-885-2415).
The Springfield Terminal Railway Company page also notes the current locations of the still existing trolley car and locomotives once used on this line. Note also that the Connecticut Trolley Museum also owns both an electric and a diesel locomotive that is similar to those used on this line.
Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur.
Updated on August 29, 2001 by Kenyon F.
Karl <[email protected]>.
Unintentional errors are likely!
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