by arcadia terminal
Ken,
Your on the wrong thread, this thread has nothing to do with the Gardner route?
As to the "Y" at Clinton, there is no "Y" and never was one. What they had was two interchange tracks between the B&M and the NH.
One interchange heading south on the B&M went right thru the edge of a mill building up a ramp to the NH heading towards Fitchburg.
The other comming north on the B&M went right thu a small yard up anothe ramp and connected to the NH heading back to Framingham. There was no direct connection going south from Fitchburg to Clinton and then south on the B&M this would have to be a switch back and run around move.
In the past to do that routing you would go south from Fitchburg to Prat Junction and take the connector track thru Sterling and then connecton with the B&M on the other side of Sterling but this would bypass Clinton.
To put a connector in Clinton to connect the two lines for a connection you would have to take land and move a cemetery.
That line is long gone and the origional road bed is almost non-existant. I beleve this connection was abandon back in the 30s.
Peter
Your on the wrong thread, this thread has nothing to do with the Gardner route?
As to the "Y" at Clinton, there is no "Y" and never was one. What they had was two interchange tracks between the B&M and the NH.
One interchange heading south on the B&M went right thru the edge of a mill building up a ramp to the NH heading towards Fitchburg.
The other comming north on the B&M went right thu a small yard up anothe ramp and connected to the NH heading back to Framingham. There was no direct connection going south from Fitchburg to Clinton and then south on the B&M this would have to be a switch back and run around move.
In the past to do that routing you would go south from Fitchburg to Prat Junction and take the connector track thru Sterling and then connecton with the B&M on the other side of Sterling but this would bypass Clinton.
To put a connector in Clinton to connect the two lines for a connection you would have to take land and move a cemetery.
That line is long gone and the origional road bed is almost non-existant. I beleve this connection was abandon back in the 30s.
Peter
Arcadia Terminal Street & Dock R.R