Days and ways in old Boston . Boston amd LovrBLL Railkoad Station promising in New England, and it was saidat that period that if any property of this kindcould succeed, the Boston & Maine was destinedto become very valuable. The Boston & Lowell Railroad which had beenopened in 1835 and subsequently extended, was«aid to be the most substantially constructedrailway in Massachusetts. It was double trackedfrom Boston to Lowell, a distance of 26 miles;the tracks were laid on stone sleepers. A branchextended to Woburn. In 1847 the fare from20. The Year Eighteen Forty Seven Boston to Lowell was 65 c
Days and ways in old Boston . Boston amd LovrBLL Railkoad Station promising in New England, and it was saidat that period that if any property of this kindcould succeed, the Boston & Maine was destinedto become very valuable. The Boston & Lowell Railroad which had beenopened in 1835 and subsequently extended, was«aid to be the most substantially constructedrailway in Massachusetts. It was double trackedfrom Boston to Lowell, a distance of 26 miles;the tracks were laid on stone sleepers. A branchextended to Woburn. In 1847 the fare from20. The Year Eighteen Forty Seven Boston to Lowell was 65 cents and there were sixtrains daily, except Sunday, each way. The sta-tion in Boston, located at the foot of LowellStreet, was a plain brick building with no pre-tensions whatever to architectural elegance. The Fitchburg Railroad, which had been openedfor travel on March 5, 1845, extended 49 miles toFitchburg and under lease a small branch wasoperated to Fresh Pond. The Boston terminalwas located in Charlestown, but a few yearslater the building which now stands on Cause-way Street was erected, and was regarded atthe time as one of the most imposing stationsin the United States. Between Boston andFitchburg three trains were run daily each way(except Sunday). It is interesting to note thatin 47 the entire rolling stock of the FitchburgRailroad consisted of three six-wheeled loco-motives, six eight-wheeled locomotives, 15 pas-senger cars, and freight cars which together werecomputed to equal 212 four-wheeled cars. The Boston and Wor
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