New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
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| Reporting marks | NHN |
| Locale | Massachusetts, New Hampshire |
| Dates of operation | 1992 – |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | Ossipee, New Hampshire |
The New Hampshire Northcoast (AAR reporting marks NHN) operates part of the former Boston & Maine Conway Branch between Rollinsford and Ossipee, New Hampshire. The railroad's primary traffic is quarried sand. It interchanges cars with Guilford Rail System in Dover where they are then taken to Boston Sand & Gravel in Massachusetts.
Other than the Boston gravel train, NHN also serves its own satellite gravel facility in Rochester, New Hampshire as well as Eastern Propane at the same location.
NHN runs an average of 2 trains approximately 5 days a week, one southbound, and one northbound. The trains, labeled DOBO (Dover-Boston) and BODO (Boston-Dover) generally arrive at the pit in Ossipee around 1100hrs and depart for the GRS interchange around 1400hrs. "Shuttle" trains are run as needed to bring sand and gravel to the facility in Rochester. Until recently, when they were replaced with GP38-2's, the trains ran with several GP9's.
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