Concord Railroad

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The Concord Railroad (CR) is a former railroad company based in New Hampshire and Massachusetts ( United States ). It was founded on June 27, 1835 and intended to extend the Nashua and Lowell Railroad , which was already being planned or built, north to Concord , the capital of the state of New Hampshire. In 1842 the 55.3 kilometer long standard gauge railway line Nashua Concord was opened. The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad later extended the line further north.

On December 1, 1856, the CR leased the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad for five years, after a similar contract had already existed from November 1, 1850 to November 1, 1853. The contract was extended on December 27, 1860, but dissolved on August 1, 1867. Manchester & Lawrence also owned shares in the Hooksett Branch Railroad , founded in 1861 by the CR , which built the Suncook Loop in 1862 . Even after the termination of the lease, the CR continued to operate the Manchester & Lawrence.

In 1859, the Merrimac and Connecticut Rivers Railroad (MCRR) had to be split for financial reasons. For this purpose, the CR had founded the Manchester and North Weare Railroad on June 28, 1858 , which took over the southern part of the MCRR network. Further leases concluded the CR on January 1, 1862 with the Concord and Portsmouth Railroad , on January 1, 1870 with the Suncook Valley Railroad and on January 1, 1876 with the Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad . In 1882, the CR acquired half of the shares in the Connecticut River Railroad , the other half belonged to the Boston and Lowell Railroad , which also leased the CR share from July 1, 1884 to December 1, 1885.

The CR merged on September 19, 1889 with the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad to the Concord and Montreal Railroad , which was leased in 1895 by the Boston and Maine Railroad . The main line of the CR between Nashua and Concord is still in operation today and is now used by Pan Am Railways . With the exception of the former Connecticut River Railroad, only short sections of the railways bound by lease agreements to the CR are left from the main line.

Sources and further information

literature
  • George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. 2nd edition. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
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