Passenger railroads in the New Hampshire White Mountains date back to the 1800s, and they played an important role in 19th-century tourism and transportation in the White Mountains. The Boston & Maine Railroad would eventually dominate most of New Hampshire, but railroads such as the Maine Central Railroad and the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad were just as import. Before the automobile became popular in the early 1900s, railroads were a way of life in the White Mountains. This work focuses on the history of these abandoned and active passenger railroads.