Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region: Railroads of Southwestern New Hampshire and North-Central Massachusetts: Volume 3

About Bradford G. BlodgetRichard R. Richards Jr.

Growing up in Worcester Massachusetts Brad Blodget could often be found trackside along the Boston & Maine Railroad watching trains. After graduating from the Worcester public schools he received a BA in biology from Clark University and an MS in wildlife biology from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He moved on to a career with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife most of it as State Ornithologist before retiring in 2002. Soon after that his long-suppressed passion for railroad history exploded. He acquired the train symbol nickname WX-1 for his frequent research trips between Worcester Keene New Hampshire and Bellows Falls Vermont. An active member of the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society and the Railroad Locomotive and Historical Society he resides in Holden Massachusetts. His first book Marium Fosters Boston & Maine Railroad appeared in 2011. Richard Dick Richards grew up in a railroad family in Greenfield Massachusettshis father was a freight and passenger conductor for the Boston & Maine Railroad. After high school he enlisted in the US Air Force and served as a security policeman in Southeast Asia the continental United States and the Republic of Korea. Upon leaving the service he worked briefly as a trainman and conductor for the Boston & Maine before moving to Keene New Hampshire and embarking on a 30-year career with the Keene Police Department. He earned a BS in management from Franklin Pierce College and retired as a lieutenant before rekindling his interest in railroads and their history which he pursued as a volunteer at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. A member of the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society and the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society he resides with his wife in Swanzey New Hampshire.