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- ↑ Sisterbetty.org: "We arrive in Greenfield State Park an hour after leaving Wilton. The train pauses for fifteen minutes before reversing direction."
- ↑ Cosgro, Matthew D. "Wilton Station". Nashua City Station. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ↑ Cleveland, Kathy (March 30, 2018). "Leishman looks at restarting scenic rail service". The Cabinet Press. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ↑ Saari, Ashley (October 15, 2018). "Railroad keeps on chugging: Milford-Bennington Railroad can continue to operate on Milford-Wilton track". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Retrieved October 18, 2018.