[MassHistPres] Rail Corridor Preserved for Educational Purposes?

[Gretchen Schuler]

Our Historical Commission had a RR interpretive study done some years ago.

https://www.wayland.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif4016/f/uploads/planning_study_to_create_a_railroad_interpretive_site.pdf

Of course the first task is to document the artifacts on MHC forms - this
had been done here in Wayland by PAL.  And then decide how to protect and
make  the railroad and its artifacts available to the public.  Here in
Wayland, we also have a Passenger Station (now known as the Depot) and a
Freight House along with a turntable, remnants of a water tower and posts
and tracks etc.  The artifacts (2000) and Freight House (2001) were added
to the Local Historic District 20 years ago.  The depot already was part of
the NRHD and LHD.  Some signs tell some of the story but much of the
"Interpretive Site Study" has not been carried out.  Eversource paved the
RR r-o-w last year.  We were able to save in place the tracks  and some
siderails at the Depot.  The Rail-Trail west of the Depot where it passes
the artifacts is stone dust while the rest, to the east and through Weston,
is paved.

Good luck - it is a worthy project and good for recreation and education
combined.

Gretchen Schuler
Wayland Historic District Commission

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:24 PM Stacy Spies <stacyspies at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been asked by a client to inquire whether anyone is familiar with
> any abandoned rail corridors that have been preserved specifically for
> their educational value.  The corridor has not been in use for 50 years but
> retains several intact features that clearly demonstrate integrity.  Other
> features such as telegraph poles, rail rests, etc. remain, but are in
> varying states of decay.  (e.g. a post remains for a signal tower, but not
> the tower itself.)
>
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