CONWAY — Freight service returning to the abandoned Mountain Division tracks from North Conway to Portland, Maine?
No, this is not a late Conway Daily Sun April Fool’s joke. It’s a proposal — more of a dream, at this point, say some — by Conway Scenic owner/president David Swirk.
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