. . . "The Gordon Pond Railroad was incorporated in 1907 and it is track was leased from the Boston and Maine Railroad, which served the valley's tourist trade. (Logging railroads provided a profitable flow of freight for the B&M, so they often leased track and other equipment to the loggers.) The Gordon Pond Railroad eventually owned about 15 miles of track, mostly to the west of the Pemigewasset River," .