Ed Hiller, FNRT volunteer and railroad history buff, reports the recovery of another piece of RR history: I received a call from Andy Phelps, South Danbury, regarding a marker that he found in the Danbury dump. He planned to use it as a decorative post in his yard. But then he read in the August 2014 Andover Beacon about the recovery and restoration of the granite milepost in Lebanon, and realized that the marker he had was probably from the rail-trail, and he wanted to see it restored to its original location. So he contacted the Friends of the Northern RailTrail, which led him to me. This post turned out to be a culvert marker, marked 106-40. Its original position was clearly marked on the historic railroad map, 0.4 mile north of milepost B-106, a short distance north of Eagle Pond Rd. in Wilmot. On Aug. 16, 2014, Andy Phelps along with Lee Ford of South Danbury and I re-installed it at its original location.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:00:11 +0000
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