My daughter and her husband live in Upton. They are all for the idea of restoring service on the G&U. For one thing, it will lessen truck traffic on 140. Railroads are at a minimum 3 times as efficient in diesel fuel consumption/ton compared to trucks, which in these and future times of high oil costs makes them a desireable choice for freight movement. One of the other benefits is that for most of the route planned for re-building between Upton and Hopedale, the G&U right of way is mostly off in undeveloped countryside all by itself. Take a satelite video tour on Wikimapia and you'll see how remote most of the line is.