Francis Nelson Blount was an American businessman, railroad enthusiast, and president and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation and the founder of Steamtown, U.S.A.; the Monadnock, Steamtown & Norther
F. Nelson Blount at North Walpole, NH, 1963.
Steamtown, U.S.A., was a steam locomotive museum that ran steam excursions out of North Walpole, New Hampshire, and Bellows Falls, Vermont, from 1963 to 1983.
F. Nelson Blount
…1918 – August 31, 1967) was an American businessman, railroad enthusiast, and president and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation and the founder of Steamtown, U.S.A.; the Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern Railroad; and the Green Mountain Railroad. Blount’s collection of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars—one of…
Meadow River Lumber Company Shay #1 on static display at Steamtown, Bellows Falls, Vermont, ca. 1974
Locomotives at the turntable at Steamtown, U.S.A., Bellows Falls, Vermont
Bartonsville Covered Bridge could be seen on excursion trains from Riverside to Chester.
Worrall Covered Bridge could be seen on excursion trains from Riverside to Chester.