by jr747
I've been poking around in this forum for a little while and some people seem to have a thorough knowledge of old rail lines so I figured I'd ask here to see if anyone knew of this line.
When you drive through the entrance of the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Winchester off of Rte 28, you drive under an old bridge. I wondered if this was an onld rail line so I went to this site and pulled up this map from 1946:
http://docs.unh.edu/MA/bsnn46nw.jpg
and sure enough, according to the map, it was an elevated line. Yesterday, I went over there to see any remenants and I think I saw some old rail ties in the ground but no rail. It is a path that people walk/run/ride their bikes on.
Does anyone know the history of this line? What it was used for? When the last train ran on it?
For some of you rail history buffs, a good site to bring up old rail lines in Massachusetts that show maps dating back to the 40's is http://docs.unh.edu/towns/MassachusettsTownList.htm Click on the town you want to see a map of. It's neat to see all the rail lines that used to run thoughout the state. This site helps me see where the lines used to go and I compare the maps here with the satellite images on Google maps.
J.R.
When you drive through the entrance of the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Winchester off of Rte 28, you drive under an old bridge. I wondered if this was an onld rail line so I went to this site and pulled up this map from 1946:
http://docs.unh.edu/MA/bsnn46nw.jpg
and sure enough, according to the map, it was an elevated line. Yesterday, I went over there to see any remenants and I think I saw some old rail ties in the ground but no rail. It is a path that people walk/run/ride their bikes on.
Does anyone know the history of this line? What it was used for? When the last train ran on it?
For some of you rail history buffs, a good site to bring up old rail lines in Massachusetts that show maps dating back to the 40's is http://docs.unh.edu/towns/MassachusettsTownList.htm Click on the town you want to see a map of. It's neat to see all the rail lines that used to run thoughout the state. This site helps me see where the lines used to go and I compare the maps here with the satellite images on Google maps.
J.R.