High Green Episode 2: Conn River Conversation

Boston & Maine/ Canadian Pacific train SPCP (Springfield, MA - Canadian Pacific at Newport, VT) heads north at Claremont Junction, June 1980. Michael C. Bump Collection

In this episode we talk to Mike Bump, an engineer for Pan Am Railways who grew up in Claremont, NH along the busy Conn River Line in the 1970s and 1980s. As a young railfan, Mike chased and tape recorded the nearly constant action on the Conn River, allowing us to close our eyes and travel back in time. Listen along as the sounds of 100+ car Boston & Maine and Central Vermont freights come alive!