Michael C. Bump Collection
Westmoreland, NH
An M60 Patton tank-carrying B&M extra rolls through Westmoreland, NH in Sept. 1969. High and wide moves like this were the final train movements over the Cheshire Branch before abandonment in 1972. Fun fact: the beer vats for the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Merrimack, NH also traveled over the Cheshire Branch in 1969. Westmoreland was the spot where Steamtown excursions would stop and head back to Keene in the summer of 1962 during its brief time based out of that city. Michael Bump slide collection.
Westmoreland, NH
An M60 Patton tank-carrying B&M extra rolls through Westmoreland, NH in Sept. 1969. High and wide moves like this were the final train movements over the Cheshire Branch before abandonment in 1972. Fun fact: the beer vats for the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Merrimack, NH also traveled over the Cheshire Branch in 1969. Westmoreland was the spot where Steamtown excursions would stop and head back to Keene in the summer of 1962 during its brief time based out of that city. Michael Bump slide collection.