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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] The routing is Boston & Maine; now part of the Pan Am Rail System. This was the one time route of the Flying Yankee and Minute Man. Today there is regular MBTA service North Station-Fitchburg. Mechanicville was the interchange with the D&H that allowed the passenger trains access to Albany Union Station, and more importantly freight traffic to be forwarded to Binghamton where a "friendly" interchange could be made with either the ERIE or DL&W. During the Conrail era, it appeared the "Mechi" interchange was finito and same for the D&H. Where "Agents Routing" controlled, most favorable for NYC Canadian originated traffic if consigned Westward was a D&H "short haul" to NYC's line through Ogdensburg. Post C-Day, "Agent's" (as distinct from "Shipper's" traffic where the shipper has designated the routing) traffic formerly routed D&H to Binghamton now went via Ogdensburg leaving the D&H very much "between the rock...". However, as part of the Conrail breakup, the Canadian Pacific (through its US subsidiary SOO Line) acquired the D&H and as a condition, granted trackage to the NS enabling competitive service in a region which otherwise would be "all CSX" (in VERY round terms, the Conrail breakup gave the Central to CSX and the Pennsy to NS). To provide for competitive access to New England, the NS entered into a marketing arrangement with the B&M and the other roads comprising the Pan Am system. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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