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Needham Branch Double-Tracked at One Time?

Discussion relating to the NH and its subsidiaries (NYW&B, Union Freight Railroad, Connecticut Company, steamship lines, etc.). up until its 1969 inclusion into the Penn Central merger. This forum is also for the discussion of efforts to preserve former New Haven equipment, artifacts and its history. You may also wish to visit www.nhrhta.org for more information.
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Needham Branch Double-Tracked at One Time?

  by bergenfield43
 
I often meet my wife at the West Roxbury station on the Needham Line. It's gotten me to wondering if that line, or parts of it, were ever double-tracked? The LaGrange St. bridge abutments look as if they could have supported two tracks at one time.

Thanks for any informatiom.

Kevin Cunningham
Canton , MA

  by Gerry6309
 
The Dedham Branch which included the stations as far as West Roxbury was double tracked. The Needham Branch which diverged just beyond West Roxbury was single track. When the outer end of the Dedham Branch was abandoned, the remainder was single tracked. This may have taken place before the abandonment.
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