Comments on: The Men of the Boston, Lowell and Nashua Line – Train Life in the 1870s http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/ Exploring New England As It Was Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cotton Boll Conspiracy http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1127 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:14:47 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1127 I used to live along the Boston and Maine line in Portsmouth, N.H., many years ago, so I really enjoyed this post. I know 19th century railroading was a very grimy, dirty business, but it must have been something to see steam locomotives chugging through towns on a regular basis. Today’s diesels just don’t have that same romantic appeal.

]]> By: david doyle http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1104 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:53:51 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1104 in my family there has been an old latern from this line , it hung in the front hall of our home

]]> By: Mary Ellen Murphy http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1096 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:04:54 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1096 Thanks very much. Love your articles.

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1094 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:43:02 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1094 Hi Mary Ellen,

Most likely, yes. The current commuter rail line from Boston to Lowell continued further up into New Hampshire in those years, but, yes, that was the most common way to travel between Boston and Lowell.

]]> By: Mary Ellen Murphy http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1093 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:05:42 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1093 My grandfather arrived in Boston in 1912 and went to Lowell where he worked at Hood Farm. Would this be how he traveled to Lowell? On this railroad line?

]]> By: metan http://forgottennewengland.com/2012/10/14/the-men-of-the-boston-lowell-and-nashua-line-train-life-in-the-1870s/#comment-1091 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:38:19 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3478#comment-1091 I don’t think there are too many little boys who can resist trains :) I admit, after two sons I am a master track builder, the Man would often come home to find we had built an immense track with complicated turns and wiggles, and then have to navigate around it all night when we refused to dismantle it!

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