UPPER SECTION OF GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY LOCATED

 Today we finally located the final stretch of the Green Mountain Railway, but not without some effort.   The newly discovered section picks up from where the middle section of the trail leaves off, a few yards across the Cadillac Summit road hidden in the woods lies a pile of rusting railroad spikes, and several yards across the brook along the bank one discovers what appear to be railings from the cog train.  While it is true more research needs to be done on this upper most section of the route the train once carried passengers along,  we were able to wander about the woods and find enough spikes in the ground to arrive at the upper section of the Summit road.  About five feet from the roadside a spike sticks out of a section of granite, directly across the roadway, concealed in very thick brush are a good number of other railroad spikes which stretch upward to flat ground where the spikes come to an end.    We continued straight ahead and passed close to  one side of the government installation and exited the woods, an examination of the open granite revealed what appears to be the final railroad spike, cut off even with the granite surface but still very much visible.  As much as we have documented and uncovered, we recognize there is still work to be done before we can b=label this complete.

The railroad spike pile very close to the Cadillac Summit Road is at N 44 21.272   -   W 068 13.782

The train parts are at N 44 21.264   W 068 13.782

Spikes behind large granite block side of Summit Road

N 44 21.148   W 068 13.622

Here the spikes follow a gully on the other side of the road for a ways, before stopping.  Straight ahead you come out on open granite where the last spike can be found, the spike has been cut off even with the granite but can still be easily seen, it is at

N 44 21.083   W 068 13.583

The Summit House was located only yards away from this final spike.

I have documented this route the cog train took pretty good and this will be my last visit to this location.  I would of loved to been able to do a gopro of this upper most section of the route, however, the brush is thick, the ground rough, and working a camera and getting quality footage would be near impossible.  

The final spike, cut off flush with the granite.