by Mcoov
What is service on the NH Line like? What runs on this line currently? I know about the Bow coal train, but is there anything else north of Lowell? How does service currently compare to what it was in the past?
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Mcoov wrote:How does service currently compare to what it was in the past?How far in the past are you talking about? This line-- like probably 80% of the rest of the in-service trackage in New England-- is only the palest shadow of what it was 60+ years ago when it was part of a through route to Montreal (via both Wells River and White River Jct.) and the mills of the Merrimack Valley were still clattering away.
b&m 1566 wrote:... there's a few customers up in the Tilton area. ....Other than the private cabooses? I'm not sure how many businesses could deal the seasonal suspension of service. When did the last revenue freight car move north of Concord?
davidp wrote:I believe the last move north of Concord, was in December or early January. Since 2370's derailment in early February, there hasn't been anything. The state reversed the seasonal only operations, between Concord and Tilton last summer so New England Southern, could service their customers all year long.b&m 1566 wrote:... there's a few customers up in the Tilton area. ....Other than the private cabooses? I'm not sure how many businesses could deal the seasonal suspension of service. When did the last revenue freight car move north of Concord?
Dave
trainsinmaine wrote:Ah, I can see it now . . . all those folk lined up on the Potter Place platform awaiting the Acela to Montreal.I was thinking more like: Danbury...