Lowell Route Rail Lifted

[Noel Weaver]

That timetable Wye reference is to the one in the Downtown section of Framingham opposite the B & A (Union) Station. Framingham Center or Framingham Centre (the pretentious Anglophile spelling) is the colonial town center and has very little commerce other than some stores and specialty shops, historic homes and a village green that looks New Englandish, etc. The real world is Downtown Framingham.

OK, I wasn't sure about that, as I said earlier, Framingham was not part
of the railroad that I knew very much about. I took the Centre spelling
from the employee timetable of 1957. Wasn't sure about that one either.
Noel Weaver

[johnpbarlow]

If downtown Framingham is the real world....yikes! I always thought Shopper's World / Target / Jordan's Furniture on Rte 9 in Framingham was the real world!

Note that Framingham town fathers have thoughtfully put up signs that identify when you are in "downtown Framingham" in case you have doubts.

Here's a link to a 1943 topo map at the excellent UNH site that clearly shows a wye connection between NH's Fitchburg branch and Lowell branch near Framingham Centre. I'm guessing the Mass Pike current occupies much of the wye's former RoW.

http://docs.unh.edu/MA/frmh51nw.jpg

The wye in downtown Framingham was the B&A wye. I don't believe the NH had a wye in downtown Framingham. The NH line from their Framingham yard to Walpole crossed the B&A on a pair of diamonds.