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The Billerica and Bedford Railroad was an early narrow gauge railroad in Massachusetts built to demonstrate the advantages of a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railroad.George E. Mansfield of Hazelhurst Massachusetts became an early promoter of the two foot gauge after seeing the Ffestiniog Railway in operation in Wales. He persuaded the citizens of Billerica of the economies of a two foot line and became general manager of the Billerica and Bedford when it was chartered in 1876.