The pages above are from Gordon E. Hopper's History of the Grafton & Upton Railroad. Click here to go to the first chapter of the full Hopper G&U book. Reconnecting the G&U to the line in Milford - 2020 G&U and Trolley Menu HOME . |
In the last paragraph, Hopper mentions that the crossing at Route 16 was covered with blacktop. Actually the tracks at the crossing were removed. The Hopedale Housing Authority had been having trouble for years with their sewage pump at the Griffin-Dennett Apartments, and found that sewage would flow by gravity if they could pipe it out from behind the apartments and cross Route 16 at the track crossing. As the items from their minutes below show, they paid the G&U Railroad $10,000 to be allowed to do this. The railroad could have used the money to replace the track, but evidently had so little business going that way that they chose not to do it. |