CONWAY — Could a gleaming stainless-steel train that once glided through our mountains in the 1940s be returning?
That’s the dream of hundreds of rail fans and the potential outcome of talks between the New Hampshire Transit and Rail Bureau and a Nashua-based non-profit organization that is trying to acquire from the state the sleek, electric diesel train known as the Flying Yankee. The idea is then to bring it to Conway for restoration and display while it is being worked on.
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