St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad

St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad

Overview
Reporting mark	SJL
Locale	Vermont
Dates of operation	1948 (1948)–1995 (1995)
Predecessors	Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad, St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad
Successor	Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	193.7 miles (311.7 km)
Route map mi 193.7 Maquam Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RR (RUT) to Ogdensburg 96.10 Swanton Vermont & Canada RR (CV) to Essex Junction│to Rouses Point Missisquoi River 94.73 East Swanton Central Vermont Railway to Fonda Junction│to Saint-Jean I-89 90.91 Highgate 87.40 East Highgate 84.56 Sheldon Junction Missisquoi Railroad (CV) to St. Albans│to Richford Missisquoi River 83.05 Sheldon 78.44 Fairfield 74.24 East Fairfield 68.81 Fletcher Lamoille River Jeffersonville Burlington & Lamoille RR (CV) to Burlington 64.26 Cambridge Junction East Cambridge 56.35 Johnson Lamoille River 51.56 Hyde Park Lamoille River 48.88 Morrisville Lamoille River Wild Branch River Lamoille River 41.03 Wolcott Lamoille River (twice) Granite Junction Hardwick & Woodbury RR to Woodbury Lamoille River 34.73 Hardwick Lamoille River (twice) East Hardwick 27.80 Greensboro Lamoille River 23.87 Dows Crossing 67.10 Walden 16.40 Joe’s Pond 14.85 West Danville 11.48 Danville I-91 Sleepers River South Eastern Railway (CPR) to White River Junction 0.00 St. Johnsbury Union Station South Eastern Railway (CPR) to Portland Portland & Ogdensburg Ry (MEC) to Whitefield mi This diagram: view talk edit

The St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad (StJ&LC) was a railroad located in northern Vermont. It provided service to rural parts of the state for over a century, until track deterioration and flood damage made the line unusable and uneconomical to repair, which forced the line to close in 1995. Vermont is in the process of converting the roughly 96-mile route from St. Johnsbury to Swanton into a rail trail, known as the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. Once completed it will be the longest rail trail in New England.^[1]