by The EGE
I recently discovered this image on Wikimedia Commons:
(Full size: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... usetts.jpg )
They're hard to see, but there is definitely a set of tracks down in the brush to the right.
I managed to trace the location to the middle of the new south athletic fields at UMass Amherst: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=4 ... 8&t=h&z=17
On a 1962 aerial view, it shows a clear ROW, with a bridge over the stream to the west: http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials. ... &year=1962
No map of reference I've seen indicates a rail line through that area. The Central Mass is a solid mile to the south. Was this a trolley line?
(Full size: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... usetts.jpg )
They're hard to see, but there is definitely a set of tracks down in the brush to the right.
I managed to trace the location to the middle of the new south athletic fields at UMass Amherst: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=4 ... 8&t=h&z=17
On a 1962 aerial view, it shows a clear ROW, with a bridge over the stream to the west: http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials. ... &year=1962
No map of reference I've seen indicates a rail line through that area. The Central Mass is a solid mile to the south. Was this a trolley line?