The Osseo Trail, seen here, in Lincoln, New Hampshire utilizes a section of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad’s “Narrow Gauge” line. The EB&L Railroad was a standard gauge railroad, but in 1901 J.E. Henry and Sons attempted to use a narrow gauge line at Camp 8 to harvest timber from the slopes of Whaleback Mountain. This short line, consisting of a series of switchbacks, traveled into the Osseo Brook drainage. It lasted only for a few years and was discontinued...
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The Osseo Trail, seen here, in Lincoln, New Hampshire utilizes a section of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad’s “Narrow Gauge” line. The EB&L Railroad was a standard gauge railroad, but in 1901 J.E. Henry and Sons attempted to use a narrow gauge line at Camp 8 to harvest timber from the slopes of Whaleback Mountain. This short line, consisting of a series of switchbacks, traveled into the Osseo Brook drainage. It lasted only for a few years and was discontinued after a brakeman was killed when a loaded log car ran out control down the track.
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