Talk:Fitchburg Railroad

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[edit] Split

I believe that this article should be split into 2 articles titled Fitchburg Railroad and Fitchburg Line. Some of the information currently contained in it pertains to the current MBTA operation, long after the demise of the historical Fitchburg Railroad. DHimmelspach 00:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I strongly agree. JNW2 19:58, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

+1. I wrote the German article about the Fitchburg Railroad and I first hesitated to add the interwiki, because it looked like an article mostly about the Fitchburg Line. I was really confused about it. --Thogo (Talk) 00:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Thogo (Talk) 00:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Watertown branch

Did the Watertown brance ever connect thru Watertown? I reacall reading that it never did and I've never seen any sign that a right-of-way once existed. Is there a source?--agr 17:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

The Travelers' Official Railway Guide for June 1870 says under Watertown Branch, "Trains leave Boston for Waltham and intermediate stations, via Mount Auburn and Watertown ..." Info on abandonment comes from The Rail Lines of Southern New England, by Ronald Dale Karr. The branch was supposedly double tracked in 1893. You can see what used to be a bridge west of Waverley Ave. on Main St. (now filled in underneath) and part of the right of way is now a recreation path east of Waverley Ave.--JBH23 05:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I was never able to find the route through Watertown Sq., but I just did a Google maps search for 2 Waverley Ave, Watertown, MA 02472 and found the path you were talking about on the "satellite" close up. From there it was easy to trace the complete ROW, even through built up areas in the square. Long, skinny parking lots are a give away. Thanks for clearing that up.--agr 13:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)