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Hoot, Toot and Whistle Chronicle Reopens Rail Era
A reader reviews Bernard R. Carman's Hoot Toot and Whistle a 44 page history of the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad. The piece highlights local memory of HT W operations floods derailments and the sale to Samuel Pinsly. It notes private funding kept the line alive and praises Carman’s engaging history of a rugged Deerfield Valley era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosac Tunnel
Wilmington Railroad
Bernard RK
Carman
Stephen Greene Press
Brattleboro
North Adams
Boston & Maine
Wilmington
Child’s Tavern
Deerfield
Woodford
Searsbury
Glastonbury
Somerset
Ht&w
Billings Pond
Bennington-Brattleboro Road
Searsburg
Bernard R. Carman
Hoot, Toot & Whistle
New England Power Co
Lake Harriman
Deerfield Valley
Albert B. Clark
Charles H. Pope
Readsboro Chair Co
Lincoln H. Sawyer
Whitingham
Readsboro
United States
Valley
Pope
Readsboro-Hoosac Tunnel
Ht&w - H
West River
Londonderry
Victor Morse
Sam Pinsly