Latest Photo Added July 28, 2026
by Ron DeFilippo

Disappearin' Railroad Blues
There will be no more runarounds here just north of the Fitchburg Road Ayer crossing of the Greenvile Branch AKA The Peterboro & Shirley that once extended to Greenville NH. The branch has been unused for years as evidence by good-sized trees growing between the rails farther south. Why this short section was removed is unknown unless the railroad needed some switch points or was furthering the case for abandonment. I believe the Commonwealth may have subsidized Guilford to rebuild this line to serve a then new building material transfer facility and another industry in the near vicinity that has a now-marooned tank car on its siding.