. Electric railway review . Manchester-Nashua Street Railway—Exterior Litchfield Substation. a schedule speed of about 27 miles per hour on the privateright of way with a maximum of approximately 40 miles perhour. The population of Manchester is now about 70,000;Nashau, 30,000; Litchfield, 500; Merrimack, 2,000; and Hud-son, 2,000. About 69 per cent of the through run is via thenew line. Cars leave Manchester city hall hourly between 5:30a. m. and 9:30 p. m., the last southbound car leaving at 11:00p. m. Northbound, cars leave Nashua at 6:30 a. m. andthence hourly until 9:30 p. m., the two lat
. Electric railway review . Manchester-Nashua Street Railway—Exterior Litchfield Substation. a schedule speed of about 27 miles per hour on the privateright of way with a maximum of approximately 40 miles perhour. The population of Manchester is now about 70,000;Nashau, 30,000; Litchfield, 500; Merrimack, 2,000; and Hud-son, 2,000. About 69 per cent of the through run is via thenew line. Cars leave Manchester city hall hourly between 5:30a. m. and 9:30 p. m., the last southbound car leaving at 11:00p. m. Northbound, cars leave Nashua at 6:30 a. m. andthence hourly until 9:30 p. m., the two later cars being 11:00. Manchester-Nashua Street Railway—Emergency Car with TrolleyRepair Platform. and 11:50 p. m. During the night the cars are held in thecar house of the Manchester company, and the repair workis also carried on at the latter point, with the exception oftire turning and wheel renewals, which are usually performedby contract with the Manchester works of the AmericanLocomotive Company. It will, of course, be a simple matterto decrease the present headway when traffic warrants it. March 16, 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 357 The new line proper begins at Goffs Falls, a southernsuburb of Manchester, and in a general way follows the eastbank of the Merrimack river through level farming landsthrough Litchfield to Hudson, which is on the east side ofthe Merrimack opposite Nashua. The roadbed is all singletrack on the private right of way, but turnouts one mile long the trolley being grooved, size No. 00 B. and S. gauge. Butone trolley was installed. With the exception of one-half milenorth of Hu
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