In Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region Volume I and II, the authors presented the rich history of the formation and operation of the Monadnock Region's railroads from their glory years to their abandonment, enriched by over 700 images, maps, and tables. Iron Roads Volume III is a pictorial, carefully prepared to complement and enrich the first two volumes. Thumbnail historical reviews of the railroads discussed in the two earlier volumes are included, as well as yet another 300 images (ninety-seven in color). Selected pictures-the work of numerous photographers-represent mostly newly-discovered, unpublished material, rich in historic landscapes, railroad action, and people. An expanded look at the sole remaining major line-the former Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad-that runs across the souther edge of the Region is included. Since Volume I-III are intended to be an integrated work, Volume III also contains both an errata and addenda for the first two volumes and a consolidated index for all three volumes. Growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts in the 1950s, author Brad Blodget could often be found on his bicycle, trackside along the Boston & Maine Railroad watching trains. After graduating from the Worcester Public Schools, he received his BA, with a major in biology at Clark University and later earned an MS in wildlife biology at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in 1978.

He moved on to a career with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, most of it as State Ornithologist, before retiring in 2002. Soon after that, released from his professional career, a long-suppressed passion for railroad history exploded. He acquired the train symbol nickname "WX-1" for his frequent research trips between Worcester, Keene, and Bellows Falls, Vermont. Brad, is an active member of the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society and the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and resides in Holden, Mass. His first book, Marium Foster's Boston & Maine Railroad, appeared in 2011. Richard "Dick" Richards grew up in a railroad family in Greenfield, Massachusetts-his father was a freight and passenger conductor for the Boston & Maine Railroad. After high school, he enlisted in the US Air Force and served as a security policeman in Southeast Asia, the continental Untied States, and the Republic of Korea. Upon leaving the service, he worked briefly as a trainman and conductor for the Boston & Maine before moving to Keene, New Hampshire, and embarking on a 30-year career with the Keene Police Department.

He earned a BS in management from Franklin Pierce College and retired as a lieutenant before rekindling his interest in railroads and their history, which he pursued as a volunteer at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. A member of the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society and the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, he resides with his wife in Swanzey, New Hampshire.