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Sunday April 27, 1941, 74. 1962 - Salem Branch: Peabody - West Peabody, 1971 - Wolfeboro Branch (Hearing for proposed abandonment, questioning of Don Hallock on future Wolfeboro Railroad), 1972 - Peterboro Branch: Jaffrey - Peterborough, 1973 - Branch Line Dispositions (Involving Potential State Purchases, Federal Agencies), 1973 - White Mountain Branch (Abandonment Petition Hearing second day, March 5, 1973), White Mountain Branch Abandonment Petition Hearing third day, March 7, 1973, White Mountain Branch Abandonment Petition Hearing fourth day, March 15, 1973, 1976 - Portsmouth Branch: East Manchester - Newfields, Fremont Branch (Abandonment Petition Hearing, July 12, 1976 ), Portsmouth Branch Abandonment Petition Hearing, July 13, 1976, Portsmouth Branch Abandonment Petition Hearing, November 1, 1976, 1977 - Portsmouth Branch: East Manchester - Newfields, Fremont Branch (Masters Report on Petition Hearings), 1979 - Hillsboro Branch (Bennington - Hillsboro), Greenville Branch (Townsend - Greenville), Hillsboro Branch, Greenville Branch Supplemental Documents, 1979 - Portsmouth Branch: East Manchester - Newfields, Fremont Branch (Abandonment Petition Hearing), Portsmouth Branch Supplemental Documents 1971 - 1979, 1979 - South Ashburnham, MA to Jaffrey, NH (Removal from Planned Abandonments List), 1981 - Newburyport Branch (Danvers to Topsfield), Goffstown Branch, Blackmount Branch, 1982 - Cheshire Branch: Winchendon - Swanzey (Unauthorized Removal of Previously Abandoned Track), 1982 - Eastern Route Mainline: Newburyport - Seabrook, 1982 - Portsmouth Branch: East Manchester - Newfields, Fremont Branch (Final Abandonment Proceedings, 1980-1982), 1983 - Greenville Branch (Groton - Townsend), Manchester & Lawrence Branch (North Salem - Derry), 1984 - Cheshire Branch: Cold River - VT Border, 2016 - Northern Main Line (Concord - Boscawen) Notice of Intent, Sept. 2, 2016, 2017 - Northern Main Line (Concord - Boscawen), 2021 - Madison Branch (Former Maine Central Branch) Notice of Intent, June 24, 2021, Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, P.O. From January, 1963 to March, 1964, the state Mass Transportation Commission funded an experiment testing various fares and service levels on the two railroads. covered bridges, - PAR transferred to the PAS assets that included its 155-mile (249km) main line track between Mechanicville, New York, and Ayer, Massachusetts, including the Hoosac Tunnel and Fitchburg line as far as Littleton, Massachusetts, and 281 miles (452km) of secondary and branch lines, plus trackage rights, in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Miraculously, it was able to avoid inclusion into the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), which began operations on April 1, 1976. Ultimately, it is the researcher's obligation to assess copyright or other use restrictions and obtain permission from third parties when necessary before publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. Town of Brooklin, ME American-Rails.com collection. Approximate Location. The Stony Brook Branch - Page 2 - RAILROAD.NET That year it reported 2,744 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 92 million passenger-miles.[1]. However, the BC&M was separated in 1889 and merged with the Concord Railroad to form the Concord and Montreal Railroad, which the B&M leased on April 1, 1895, gaining the Concord Railroad's direct line between Nashua and Concord. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). NS transferred cash and other property valued at $140 million to the joint venture, $87.5 million of which was expected to be invested within a three-year period in capital improvements on the Patriot Corridor, such as terminal expansions, track and signal upgrades. The B&M's issues were magnified by poor management under Patrick McGinnis during this time, who also headed the New Haven. An official, 1946 system map of the Boston & Maine. record ("About This Item") with your request. Nashua Street Railway Bay State Street Railway Manchester & Nashua Street Railway "Central Massachusetts Branch." In Time Table No. [8]:148,333 By 1962, the B&M was preparing ICC applications to discontinue all remaining service. It connects to a still-active mainline at Woodsville; at Wing Road, the abandoned line splits, with a northern branch extending to Whitefield, and another branch heading eastwards to Twin Mountain. Boston & Maine RS3s #1517 and #1512 layover at the small engine terminal in Brownville Junction, Maine on July 6, 1970. The WN&P was an 1883 formation through the merger of theWorcester & Nashua (formed in 1845 it opened between Worcester and Nashua by late 1848) andNashua & Rochester (created in 1847 to connect its namesake cities). railroad companies, - Author's collection. Service via Concord to Laconia, New Hampshire and to Montreal via White River Junction ended, though a single BostonConcord round trip remained. Digital Collection. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material. Stations. The B&M filed for bankruptcy in December 1970. [7]:89, The B&M became unprofitable in 1958 and moved to shed its money-losing passenger operations. Mean's Ford Bridge, Spanning Tohickon Creek at Stump Road, Ralph Stover State Park, Point Pleasant, Bucks Whittier Bridge, Spanning the Bearcamp River, West Ossipee, Carroll County, NH, Strength of Burr-Arch Trusses, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH, Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as 27, 1932 RL. The B&M operated the whole MBTA Commuter Rail system under contract to the MBTA until 1987. American-Rails.com collection. The Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society maintains its physical archive of railroad photos and documents at 40 French Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. (Those totals do not include B&C, M&WR, StJ&LC or YH&B.). The list is given first in chronological order and then in alphabetical order. Boston & Maine Corp. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Guilford Rail System Pan Am Railways Nashua's Street Railways Before buses connected the edges of our communities, trolley cars rattled down our main streets, connecting home with work, school, and play. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad now Presidential Range Rail Trail, just south of U.S. Route 2, Randolph, Coos County, NH. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as The Library of Congress does notown rights to material in its collections. If you do not see a thumbnail image or a reference to another surrogate, please fill out a call slip in Bergeron Engineers - Graton, Arnold M - Granger, Sanford - Bennett, Lola - Arnold M. Graton Associates Inc - Wright, David - Graton, Arnold, Jr, Photo(s): 11 | Color Transparencies: 4 | Data Page(s): 8 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2, Bennett, Lola - Federal Highway Administration - Marston, Christopher H - Troemner, Florence - Howe, William - Croteau, Todd a - Troemner, Clara - Christianson, Justine - Stover, Ralph - Historic American Engineering Record, Photo(s): 13 | Measured Drawing(s): 9 | Data Page(s): 11 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2. advise you in both how to fill out a call slip and when the item can be served. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1252, - Boston to Maine by bus The bus journey time between Boston and Maine is around 2h 22m and covers a distance of around 114 miles. The line opened to Andover on August 8, 1836. Survey number: HAER NH-48, - and Photographs Reading Room to view the original item(s). The Fitchburg was incorporated onMarch 3, 1842, opening between Boston and Fitchburg onMarch 5, 1845. As you can see, many of these services were operated in tandem with other carriers. a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. The B&M operated a number of named passenger trains, which were often the premier intercity service on their routes. Springfield Terminal provides all railroad services for the joint venture. The line passed through the towns of Jefferson, Randolph, and Gorham, along the northern edge of the Presidential Range. Mike Schafer notes in his book that the route still handled more than a dozen scheduled freights daily after World War II and today remains a vital component of Pan Am. Download Image of Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH. It would eventually purchase the system outright in the spring of 1890. The Eastern Division - Abandoned Rails A new alignment to Portland opened in 1873, splitting from the old route at South Berwick, Maine. [7] Service was trimmed again from Williamstown to Greenfield on December 30, 1958, and cut to Fitchburg on April 23, 1960. Railways/CSX Transportation. Please use the following steps to determine whether you need to fill out a call slip in the Prints Boston & Maine GP38-2 #200 is seen here dressed in its Bicentennial livery at Mechanicville, New York on April 17, 1975. It was shipped to Cleveland for extensive testing. Along with the Eastern, the B&M also acquired many branch lines, including the Conway Branch, the Saugus Branch, the South Reading Branch, and branches to Marblehead and Rockport, Massachusetts.[6]. Declaration by Sir William Howe, Commander in Chief of the British forces. Conceived by Ross Rowland it failed due to lack of funding. The 200.4-mile route of the former Boston & Albany Railroad was one of the first locations where the Central operated RDCs. Boston and Maine Railroad: Central Massachusetts Branch (1941) Medford branch (Boston and Maine Railroad) - Wikipedia American-Rails.com collection. Along with this railroad came the Ashuelot Railroad, which had been acquired in 1877. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his, If you are researching anything EMD related please visit, If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the, "Day Out With Thomas" Train Rides In New York (2023), "Day Out With Thomas" Train Rides: A Complete Guide (2023), "ACE 3000" Steam Locomotive: Prototype, History, Horsepower. - The Boston and Maine Railroad (reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Photograph. Search the CATALOG. Municipalities outside the MBTA district could directly subsidize continued service. castings, - After the depression it rebounded during the hectic World War II period but then again declined after this time. the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on It survived intact until the Guilford era when 59 miles was abandoned betweenBoscawen and Lebanon in 1991. a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. Mellons new railroad system included a black livery with bright orange trim and while sub-lettering was applied to the owning railroad's equipment (a practice that continues today under Pan Am). Mean's Ford Bridge, Spanning Tohickon Creek at Stump Road, Ralph Stover State Park, Point Pleasant, Bucks Rollins Farm Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad at Ham Road, Rollinsford, Strafford County, NH, Clark's Bridge, Spanning Pemigewasset River at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, Grafton County, NH. After steady growth from 1901 to 1913, passenger rail ridership around Boston peaked in 1920 and began to decline due to competition from private automobiles and service cuts during World War I. Trains originating in New York City or Washington, D.C., ran through Springfield (using the Connecticut River Line) or Worcester (using the Worcester Branch) and bypassed Boston. The company managed to weather these turbulent times although new ownership under Guilford saw nearly half its network abandoned after the 1980s. - in part - Tariff Notice, 1927 - Reformatory - North Billerica, Essex, and Ashburnham Branches, 1934 - Lakeport Branch: Alton - Lily Pond, 1935 - Worcester, Nashua & Portland: Hudson - Fremont, 1935 - Lakeport Branch: Alton - Lily Pond (amended), 1936 - Concord & Claremont Branch (Proposed), 1936 - Lowell Branch: Lowell - Wamesit Station (Tewksbury), 1936 - North Weare Branch: Goffstown - Henniker Junction, 1938 - Milford Branch: Pepperell - South Milford, 1938 - Central Massachusetts Branch: Oakdale - Wheelwright, 1938 - Keene Branch: Keene - Coolridge Crossing (Hancock), 1939 - Keene Branch: Elmwood - Coolridge Crossing (Hancock), 1940 - Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Interchange Contract, 1941 - Central Massachusetts Branch: Forest Lake - Creamery, 1941 - Central Massachusetts Branch: Norwottuck - Canal Junction, 1941 - Franklin Junction - Franklin Falls, 1941 - Worcester, Nashua & Portland: Hollis Depot - Nashua, 1941 - Milford Branch: Squannacook Jct. The Maynard Branch, Saugus Branch, Essex Branch, and Stoneham Branch were cut, and the Central Mass Branch was cut from Clinton to Hudson. )[12] On December 27, 1976, the MBTA bought all B&M commuter equipment, as well as most of the B&M's trackage on Boston's northside (including several abandoned lines). The B&M's decline began like most of its neighbors, during the immediate post-World War II period as a shrinking traffic base and saturation of rail lines meant only the strongest would survive. The Library of Congress does notown rights to material in its collections. Boston and Maine Railroad: Whitefield and Jefferson Branch (1914 Is the item digitized? Here you can find a complete schedule regarding where Thomas The Train/Day Out With Thomas train rides will be operating for the 2022 season. The railroad opened in 1840 to Exeter, New Hampshire, and on January 1, 1842, the two companies merged with the Boston and Portland to form a new Boston and Maine Railroad. American-Rails.com collection. The Central Massachusetts Railroad stayed a part of the B&M, as did the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad (as the Passumpsic Division). [12], The Montrealer was discontinued in September, 1966; local service on the Connecticut River Line lasted until the end of that year. They will immediately. His leadership has also been questioned by historians as hundreds of miles of the B&M's network was abandoned during the 1980s and 1990s, many of which were still considered viable routes. [9][8]:122 Fitchburg mainline service was trimmed from Troy, New York, to Williamstown, Massachusetts, in January 1958, and discontinued soon afterward. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly [7]:15, After the major cuts by the B&M and the New Haven Railroad in the late 1950s, public opinion in Massachusetts began to favor supporting Boston commuter service to prevent it from being cut entirely. - RRE Home Page - Mass Bay RRE Construction of the Northern proceeded quickly; on December 28, 1846 the line was open to Franklin and by November 17, 1847 reached Lebanon. Christianson, J. 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Cooper, James - Marston, Christopher H - Harnar, Neil - Nizamiev, Kamil - Berilla, Jim - Willenkin, Gregory - Burr, Theodore - Christian, Rudy - Case Western Reserve University - Butler, Michael Cooper, James - Marston, Christopher H - Harnar, Neil - Nizamiev, Kamil - Berilla, Jim - Willenkin, Gregory - Burr, Theodore - Christian, Rudy - Case Western Reserve University - Butler, Michael - Gasparini, Dario - Simmons, David - Hursen, Stacey - Gasparini, Linda - Rendos, Laura - Fitzhugh, Campbell - McPartland, Mary - Marvin, Vincent - Christian, Laura - Historic American Engineering Record. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). Shipping list no. Fitchburg Route service was cut to West Concord; New Hampshire Route and Western Route service to Wilmington, save for the Concord and Dover trip; Eastern Route service to Manchester and Wenham except for the Newburyport trip; and Central Mass service to South Sudbury. This little system ran from a connection at Franklin to Bristol, New Hampshire. [8]:44 The northern section of the BostonWells River, Vermont route ended in 1954 (thus ending connections to Quebec City), as did ManchesterPortsmouth service. 1962 - Reformatory Branch: Bedford, Mass. (Both branches are abandoned as well.) "This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration-Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service-Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)." Duplication Services Web site. site.). PDF Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06 Haer Nh-49 The largest of New England's railroads, the Boston & Maine is synonymous with the territory and for over 140 years served it well. The Maine Central's Beecher Fall's branch was an extension off of . It was founded as a feeder for the third incarnation of Pan American Airways and also flew leased BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft for Caesar's of Atlantic City, New Jersey.It was wholly owned by Pan Am Systems (formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries), which owns the Pan Am brand. Electro-Motive Corporation/Electro-Motive Division. [17] These tables list major named intercity trains operated by the B&M. This includes an average layover time of around 18 min. Photos and information on the Boston & Maine's Portsmouth, Hampton and Fremont branches from creation until the Guilford takeover. This explosion of new industry fueled the construction of numerous railroads, several of which the B&M would later control. Boston - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Portland, Maine, Springfield, Massachusetts - Berlin, New Hampshire, Worcester - Lowell Junction, Massachusetts, South Ashburnham, Massachusetts - Bellows Falls, Vermont. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad (now Presidential Range Rail Trail), just south of U.S. Route 2, Randolph, Coos County, NH, Historic American Engineering Record, creator, Federal Highway Administration, National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, sponsor, - Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
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