While in Lowell yesterday for my first Lowell Spinners game of the season, I noticed that the two-block section of long-abandoned and disconnected B&M industrial trackage along Perkins Street by the ballpark, next to the Lawrence Mill, had recently been ripped up as part of current renovation work on that building. It had been cut off years ago by the construction of the Tsongas Arena and recently had been largely buried under dirt and vegetation, but at least it was still there.
Downtown Lowell once had an incredible network of trackage, only a small part of which is preserved by the Nation Park Service for their trolley. Check out the track map in the B&MRRHS combine if you're in the neighborhood for a picture of what once was.
Downtown Lowell once had an incredible network of trackage, only a small part of which is preserved by the Nation Park Service for their trolley. Check out the track map in the B&MRRHS combine if you're in the neighborhood for a picture of what once was.