Hello, Just as an FYI, here is what I posted to the MA List earlier this morning (from 2 messages): Hello, About a year ago I discovered that there was an abandoned set of RR tracks running through Chelmsford (east to west), and I've been curious about them. Last week I found an old map showing that they were the tracks for the "New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad." I then became curious what a NY / CT RR was doing in MA ! I took a few minutes this morning to find a history of the RR and found that, yes, they were in MA, and could very easily have been north of Boston - in Chelmsford ! http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/NHRR/nhtrains.htm#HistoryTrain http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/NHRR/nhtrains.htm This site shows a basic map of the tracks: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/New%20York,%20New%20Haven%20&%20Hartford%20Railroad People in CT might find this article interesting: http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/06-01-24-01.all.html People in NY might find this article interesting: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=9714 People in MA might find this article interesting: http://www.blackstonedaily.com/BSTRA.htm According to that page, this RR stopped service in 1964 !! It appears this RR went through Northampton, MA, also ! And, this article makes me wonder if the abandoned tracks in Chelmsford could become a "bicycle path." I'll have to investigate how far they travel within the town ! http://www.geocities.com/haalck@snet.net/northampton_bike_path_letterbox.htm There seems to be many web sites where this RR is mentioned ! Enjoy your day ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. There is also a set of RR tracks in Chelmsford Center. They run from the Center north towards Lowell ! I had originally "guessed" they would have been old "trolley tracks." I know that "trolley's" used to run between Lowell and Billerica, so I "assumed" they ran some between Lowell and Chelmsford. But, because they are only a short distance from the old NY,NHvn,Htfd RR tracks, and I noticed this morning that "Lowell" is shown on a RR map, I'm now wondering if that is another section of the RR tracks, and the "section" of the tracks running through Chelmsford Center were "paved over." Hello again, I forgot that I wanted to mention this web site - which offers a good history of Dorchester !! I found it while looking for information on the RR !! http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=621 And, I wanted to mention that there are many more web sites which discuss the previous name: The New York, New Haven Railroad: http://www.cslib.org/stamford/indhist.htm Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I know I shouldn't post this web page, but it does offer the names of several books on the subject of railroads in the U.S. http://store.schraders.com/otrabo.html http://www.cslib.org/stamford/indhist.htm