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Plainfield station in the early 20th century. At left is a streetcar running on the N&W between Norwich and Central Village. At right is a Providence-bound train on the ex-NY&NE. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was leased in 1869 by the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, which in 1875 became the New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE). [10]
1867 New Haven, Middletown and Boston Railroad map. At the Boston end, the earliest predecessor was the Norfolk County Railroad, chartered April 24, 1847. The line from the Boston and Providence Railroad's branch at Dedham, Massachusetts, southwest to Walpole opened on April 23, 1849, and an extension to the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Blackstone opened May 16.
Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad: NH: 1875 1907 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Boston and New York Central Railroad: NH: 1853 1858 Midland Railroad: Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad: NH: 1832 1836 Norwich and Worcester Railroad: Branch Company: NH: 1845 1850 Hartford and New Haven Railroad
The Thames River Bridge was opened in October 1889, connecting the station to the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and completing the Shore Line rail link from New York to Boston. The southern end of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad was completed through Gales Ferry in June 1899, allowing traffic from Worcester to reach New London via ...
New York and Boston Railroad: Berkshire Railroad: NH: 1837 1910 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Billerica and Bedford Railroad: B&M: 1876 1878 Boston and Lowell Railroad: Boston and Albany Railroad: B&A NYC: 1867 1961 New York Central Railroad: Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad: B&M: 1849 1885 Fitchburg Railroad: Boston, Clinton and ...
It also owns jointly with the Norwich and Worcester and the Boston and Maine Railroad, each holding an undivided one-third interest, 0.283 mile of first main track, 0.784 mile of second and other main tracks, and 0.085 mile of yard tracks and sidings, aggregating 1.152 miles of all tracks, which the carrier uses jointly with the Boston and ...
On the morning of December 4, 1891, four trains were scheduled to pass through East Thompson, in the town of Thompson in the northeastern corner of Connecticut: the hotshot Long Island & Eastern States Express from New York to Boston via a ferry across Long Island Sound; the Norwich Steamboat Express traveling to Boston from the quays of New London, Connecticut; the Southbridge Local freight ...
The railroad of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company, herein called the Norwich and Worcester, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located within the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and extending from Worcester, Mass., to Groton, Conn., with a branch of about 0.22 mile in the city of Worcester, Mass.