Mattydred wrote:It's gone, B&M Guy. It looked almost identical to the station in Dover from the 1950s, before Amtrak's arrival. There's a supermarket and a large parking lot where Concord depot once stood. And, 1566 was right. That site is well worth investigating.
Actually there were a number of structures similar to the one in Concord around the B&M, as the railroad demolished many of the older, larger stations and replaced them the standard one story brick buildings. Off the top of my head you could find them at Lowell, Ayer, and Fitchburg, as well as Dover. I'm guessing there were others at Nashua and Manchester, and I think Lynn had one as well. Some survive to this day. Ayer's is still there, next to the tower. Fitchburg's survived for years as a bussiness, and I'm not certain if it was demolished to make way for the MART Transportation facility or not. Dover was around for years as a MOW office until it was torn down for the Downeaster station. It's an overlooked chapter in B&M history, probably because it was all too depressing, but an interesting one anyway.