The Wood River Branch Railroad was a shortline railroad in Rhode Island, United States. Chartered in 1872 and opened on July 1, 1874, the 5.6-mile (9.0 km) line connected Hope Valley, Rhode Island to the national rail network at Wood River Junction. Though always nominally independent, the company was closely affiliated with the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and its successor, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven), which held significant portions of its stock.
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| - The Wood River Branch Railroad was a shortline railroad in Rhode Island, United States. Chartered in 1872 and opened on July 1, 1874, the 5.6-mile (9.0 km) line connected Hope Valley, Rhode Island to the national rail network at Wood River Junction. Though always nominally independent, the company was closely affiliated with the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and its successor, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven), which held significant portions of its stock. (en)
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| - A steam locomotive with a tender parked on a railroad track. Three railroad workers pose in front of it, along with a fourth in the locomotive's cab. (en)
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| - Wincheck, the second locomotive of the Wood River Branch Railroad (en)
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| - It's been fun being a railroad president, even if I did own only six miles. I've traveled all over the country on railroads and I've always been received as a fellow railroad president. (en)
- It may not be as long as other railroads, but it's just as wide. (en)
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| - The Wood River Branch Railroad was a shortline railroad in Rhode Island, United States. Chartered in 1872 and opened on July 1, 1874, the 5.6-mile (9.0 km) line connected Hope Valley, Rhode Island to the national rail network at Wood River Junction. Though always nominally independent, the company was closely affiliated with the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and its successor, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven), which held significant portions of its stock. The Wood River Branch carried both passengers and freight for local mills and other industries. It maintained a small fleet of locomotives, only one or two at any given time. Rhode Island citizen Ralph C. Watrous purchased the railroad in 1897, and remained involved in its operation for the next 40 years. He defended the railroad from several attempts at abandonment. A major flood in November 1927 severed the line and suspended all operations. The company considered abandonment, but ultimately local citizens and the New Haven agreed to rebuild the damaged segments and return the line to service for freight only, using a gasoline locomotive. Abandonment was considered again in 1937, but the New Haven instead agreed to sell the line for $301 to businessman Roy Rawlings, owner of a grain mill that was the line's biggest customer. He ran the company with one employee until 1947. That year, both his mill and another Hope Valley industry were destroyed by fire. With not enough business left to justify operating expenses, the railroad ceased operations and was abandoned in its entirety in August 1947. Little of the line remains today. (en)
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