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Brattleboro is due to get a new Amtrak station, and that will provide a great opportunity for the town.
The original 1849 train station has survived and is owned by the town (the Archery building). In the 30-plus years the building served as the town's station, it witnessed a lot of history. From it, many of Vermont's sons left to fight in the Civil War, and a large number of war wounded returned to a large hospital in town.
The old building was moved on rollers nearer the river when the Victorian station was built in 1881 and it has had a varied career since then.
It could easily be moved back to the tracks, raised to the required high-platform level as required for modern Amtrak use, and resume the purpose for which it was originally built.
