The most important railroad towns are junction points, where two or more lines intersect. This was not the case with Chester, Massachusetts, unless you were to count the Chester & Becket branch, which left the main line here; but it was abandoned by 1930. Chester’s importance lies in the fact that it was at the bottom of a quite imposing grade irrespective of it’s 1.65% gradient and 52% curvature. This grade elicits respect because it is the oldest main line mountain railroad in the world. Due to it’s location at the bottom of said grade a roundhouse with pusher engines …
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