 In 1988, the 29.5-mile railroad line connecting the city to the national rail network was scheduled to be decommissioned, but Greenfield bought it for $2.4 million and kept it operational in order to retain a transportation outlet for the local manufacturing industry.This also made the city the smallest in the U.S. to own its own rail line.Much of Greenfield's early history concentrates on the Travellers' Rest Inn at the eastern end of Jefferson Street.