The Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway built the line from Rotterdam Junction into southwestern Vermont. The Troy and Boston Railroad (New York) and Southern Vermont Railroad (Vermont) built the line from Troy into Vermont. From what I can tell, on the Massachusetts side, it was only the Troy and Greenfield Railroad. It looks like the Fitchburg bought/merged all of these in 1887.
My question is where the two parallel lines originally merged into one. At the state line, there are two separate lines (the south one is the BHT&W, the north one the T&B/SV). From there to a point in Williamstown, the present line is double-tracked. nhtopos isn't useful for this, as it shows two tracks becoming one on the border of a quad (meaning there was probably laziness involved). Any help?
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My question is where the two parallel lines originally merged into one. At the state line, there are two separate lines (the south one is the BHT&W, the north one the T&B/SV). From there to a point in Williamstown, the present line is double-tracked. nhtopos isn't useful for this, as it shows two tracks becoming one on the border of a quad (meaning there was probably laziness involved). Any help?
Also posted in the B&M forum.
