by moth
jbvb wrote:I rode an RRE trip Ayer - Greenville (also Ayer - Hollis) sometime about 1970. The 4 RDCs went across the trestle, and on the leg to Hollis, detoured onto the 1/2 mile remaining of the third branch into the area, whose name I can't conveniently find on available maps.I think you are thinking of the Fitchburg and Brookline for that 3rd branch. It ran the west side of the Nashua River, but when they cut back service the B&M built a bridge across the river north east of Pepperell from the Hollis branch to serve the mill buildings on the west side. You can see the part of the branch I suspect you detoured over on this map: http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.a ... g&state=MA