Northern Railroad (New Hampshire)
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The Northern Railroad (sometimes called the Northern New Hampshire Railroad) was a U.S. railroad in central New Hampshire. Originally opened from Concord to West Lebanon in 1847, the Northern Railroad become part of the Boston and Maine system by 1890.
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Headquarters | Concord, New Hampshire |
Locale | New Hampshire |
Dates of operation | 1847ā1890 |
Successor | Boston and Maine |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 172 mi (277 km) (1890) |
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By the time of its lease, the Northern operated three railroads totaling 172 route-miles (277 km) on 201 miles (323 km) of track, of which nearly 82 route-miles (132 km)/99 miles (159 km) of track were owned directly by the Northern.[1] In 1884, the last year for which data was reported, it reported 30,067,806 ton-miles of revenue freight and 7,465,569 passenger-miles.[2]