by NRGeep
What were the preferred detour routes if there was a derailment somewhere between Waltham and South Acton on the Fitchburg?
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NRGeep wrote:Thanks. Did B&M ever use the B&A for detours?I do not know the answer to this question but I know that Conrail used the B&M before.
b&m 1566 wrote:The M&L might have been used as a detour when they had the derailment in Nashua in 1952? A passenger train rear ended a freight train or something like that.Sounds about right. I biked over to the M&L and hung around Cluffs Crossing Rd. in Salem.
newpylong wrote:I do not know the answer to this question but I know that Conrail used the B&M before.That's basically what happens when the Grand Junction is out.