Concord, New Hampshire

[daveklepper]

This was a transfer I made with canp groups many times both ways:  NB 1945. NB & SB 1947, SB 1948, NB & SB 1949.

Most of the time these transfers were via Washington Street (now Orange Line) and Cambridge - Dorchester (now Red Line) trains, with transfer at Summer-Winter-Washington Street (now Downtown Crossing).  On one or two occasions, taxis were used.  Always South Statiion, not Back Bay.

1938 -1944   Concord Sleeper on the State-of-Maine 

SB 1945:  Via Clairmont Junction, not Boston

NB 1948   State-of Maine Sleeper to Portland

1946: Camp Locanda (Lokanda?) Catskills, Erie Ferry - Port Jervis (Stilwells!)

1950, Camp With-a-Wind, Honesdale. PA.  DLK&W NY Ferry - Scranton, D&H Scranton - Carbondale.    (18-year-old Photo Counselor)

!951:   ROTC Summer Camp, Fort Monmouth, PRR and C&NJ - NY&LB.

!952:   Summer employment at EMD, PRR -  CB&Q

[MidlandMike]

daveklepper

1938 -1944   Concord Sleeper on the State-of-Maine  SB 1945: 

Via Clairmont Junction, not Boston NB 1948   

State-of Maine Sleeper to Portland

What RR did the State-of-Maine run on?  What were the routes of the above 3 trains?

[GeoffS]

I googled "Concord New Hampshire railroad station" and the first thing to come up was

 

 

http://www.nashuacitystation.org

 

There  were many pictures of the station. It must have been something!

 

PS - if you connect from above click on 'railroad stations' then 'browse by state.'

 

G

[daveklepper]

Rather than answer the question, i'll point out that any train passenger traveling directly between New York City and any point in Maine absolutely had to ride on two specifuic railroads.  Beyond Portland Maine to Bangor a third railroad affiliated with the second for much of its history, was involved with a through sleeper, and at times through coaches.  Now please look at any railroad map of the  area say 1918 - 1965.

[MidlandMike]

I know there are routes that bypass Boston, but I don't know which ones had passenger trains.

[daveklepper]

THe STaye of Maine used the Shore Line (NEC) to Providence, then what is now rge Peovidence and Worcester, where the two railroads inyercanged passengers anf freight.  It then used the current freight route through Ayer and Lowell to Lowell Junction, south of Andover, on the main line to Portland.  The Concord sleeper was dropped either at Ayer or Lowell and attached to Bostton - Concord train.