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    1. RR Stations in Chelmsford !
    2. Betty
    3. Hello, Over the weekend I spotted a picture post card of a RR Station in Chelmsford - which was for the NY, NHvn, and Htfd RR - on an on-line auction site ! I was wondering if anyone knew where that RR station was located ! And, I just took out a current street map of Lowell and neighboring towns (kind you buy in stores), and it definitely shows the "abandoned tracks" running from the current Train Station in Lowell, down through to Chelmsford Center, and then heading west along Littleton Road but going off to the left a little and heading to Westford by way of Acton Road, and then heading towards Acton ! I know there are other tracks which follow the Merrimack River in North Chelmsford and head towards Nashua - also coming from the current Lowell train station ! I believe those are the tracks for the B&M RR. And, I believe those are the tracks which will be used in the future (hopefully) - for the proposed expansion of the "Boston to Lowell Commuter Rail" route - to go up, past the Tyngsboro Bridge, to the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. The abandoned RR tracks which come up to Chelmsford Center and then restart on the other side of the Center -- would make a great "bicycle path" or "nature path for walking or riding." Does anyone know if such a project is in the works? I know that in other towns closer to Boston -- "bicycle paths" along abandoned RR tracks are already a reality !

    05/01/2006 04:53:30