Portsmouth Branch
The Portsmouth Branch of the Southern Division passed through nine New Hampshire towns and cities. They were Manchester, Auburn, Candia, Raymond, Epping, Newfields, Stratham, Greenland, and Portsmouth. Back in 1908 there were seventeen train stops located along this line in New Hampshire, as can be seen on this section of timetable.
This branch line began as the Portsmouth & Concord Railroad. Construction of a line from Portsmouth to Bow Junction was completed in 1852, but only three years later in 1855 the railroad failed. After being reorganized, the Concord Railroad leased the line. The new owners insisted that the line travel from Candia to Manchester rather than from Candia to Bow Junction. In 1862, the new route was completed and the section from Candia to Suncook was removed. The remaining piece from Suncook to Bow Junction later became the Suncook Loop of the Southern Division. The Boston & Maine Railroad eventually gained control of the P&C when it took over the Concord & Montreal Railroad (of which the Concord Railroad had been merged into) in 1895.
Roughly three-quarters of the Portsmouth Branch has been abandoned. The first section to go was from East Manchester to Rockingham Junction, and that was in 1982. Sometime after, the stretch from Manchester to East Manchester was also abandoned, but I do not know the date when that occurred. The length of track from Rockingham Junction to Portsmouth is still used today by Pan Am Railways.