These pictures begin at the crossing of the Cocheco River and end down at Mill St where the end of track is shown on this map.

Just leaving the interchange with the Boston & Maine and the Cocheco Railroad,
 we cross the bridge over the Cocheco river. Behind us there was a spur to a coal trestle next to "Storehouse #1."
 

We have just crossed Washington St.
A short runaround began here, and on the left was a short siding for the N.E. Tel. Co. storehouse. (1925 Sanborn map) Ahead is Folsom St., and across Folsom St. on the right was the Folsom St. waiting station, .5 miles from Dover. (MP 10.48)
 

The Silver St. tunnel (D1) appears ahead. Long ago there may have been an industry or 2 here. The building on the left is very new and sits on the right of way. I'll have to find a Sanborn map.
Later: I found it! The runaround ended ahead, and it was single track under Silver St. Just as I suspected there was an industry to the left. In 1925 it was E.J. York grain and lumber. I wonder if the cars sat on the runaround?
 in 1888 it was Valentine Mathes coal, wood, grain, and hay.
 
 

Looking up to the left, this building probably appears on the old picture maps.
 
 
 

The Silver St. tunnel appears ahead. Note telltale on the right. Like the one for route 16 it uses an old railroad rail for the upright.
 

The tunnel. (The Sanborn map calls it a bridge) Stonework can be seen.
 

Just as we blast through the tunnel, we have an engineer's eye view of the stonework.
 
 

Emerging from the tunnel. Some friends of mine have told me this spot is loaded with victorian era junk. They found a nice stoneware jug with a broken handle in the embankment on the right. There is a lot of modern junk too. To the left is where I found the cement marker "D1".
Quite impressive earthworks. Did they use steam shovels in 1874?
 

A little further along.
 
 

Still further

slight curve to the left
 

Approaching Fisher St. I bet the whistle post was about here.
 
 

We have just crossed Fisher St. This part of Fisher does not appear on the old maps.
 
 

I bet the Portsmouth train would pick up a little speed here, but not too much because the Sawyer station is not too far ahead.

Straight stretch. Why are abandoned railways so fascinating? The active Guilford line with the Downeaster is a short distance away, and I haven't taken one picture. Likewise the New Hampshire Northcoast.
 

We have just passed the "Moore Business Forms Inc." company on the left. On the right is a campus of Macintosh College. It was founded by the Grandfather of "Bud" Macintosh, who wrote a famous book on boat building, and "Mac" Macintosh who lives nearby. Mac knows everything that can possibly known about boats, helped to build the gundalow, and is probably the greatest "yankee ingenuity" guy alive.
 
 

The telltale for the route 16 underpass.
 

The grade crossing over Central Ave./route 108 (Dover to Durham) Horsecars and trolleys crossed here, ending at the mill. My friends tell me you can see rails in the pavement here.
 

Stonework under route 16 (Spaulding Turnpike)
 
 

More stonework. Although this stonework looks ancient, it is only as old as the Spaulding turnpike. Approaching Agway, which was a customer. In a ditch to the right is a rail, pictured in the "artifacts" section. This is the location of the "sawyer" station, (called Sawyers Mills on old view maps) named for Sawyers Mills which is to the right. Don't confuse it with the "sawyer" on the map. That was another mill further up the Bellamy.
 

The loading dock at Agway. This industry will be covered in depth in the "industries" section. This seems to be in the same location as the coal chute and storehouse #2 for the Mill. (American Woolen Co. in 1925)
 
 

Beyond Agway. There are several mill buildings ahead which have become condominiums. I suppose this is where the track ended in the last days.
 Beyond that the right of way becomes Spur Rd all the way to Dover Point. There is a Cushing Rd. which is in the right place for the Cushing Station. (MP 7.9) There is also Bellamy Lane (Bellamy station MP 6.72, and a Hilton Drive (Hilton Station MP 5.48) then Dover Point, where it is hard to tell where it went exactly, it has been altered so much for the new bridge.
 Beyond that on the Portsmouth side there are some intriguing names and also an active Railroad spur, but that's for another time.