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Boston & Maine owned the property (and also employed its own railroad police), while Springfield Terminal Railway, a B&M subsidiary created by owner Timothy Mellon to break the unions' higher wage scales, [citation needed] operated the trains and performed maintenance. Pan Am Railways and all its subsidiaries are now owned by CSX.
Railroad police or railway police are people responsible for the protection of railroad (or railway) properties, facilities, revenue, equipment (train cars and locomotives), and personnel, as well as carried passengers and cargo. Railroad police may also patrol public rail transit systems. Their exact roles differ from country to country.
The accident was investigated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU). [5] It was the ICC's first investigation into a railroad accident since the 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck. [7] The ICC and DPU chose to hold joint hearings into the ...
Lyons was a 37-year-old native of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, then residing in Charlestown. He was hired as a fireman by the Fitchburg Railroad in 1898 and was kept on when the railroad was acquired by the Boston and Maine Corporation. In 1904 he passed his examination to become an engineer.
Melissa Ann Tremblay was an 11-year-old, sixth grade girl from Salem, New Hampshire who was found dead from stabbing at the Boston and Maine Railroad in the nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 12, 1988, [1] after disappearing when going to play in the area the day before. The crime received nationwide attention at the time and remained ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Maine.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 146 law enforcement agencies employing 2,569 sworn police officers, about 195 for each 100,000 residents.
At 12:10 am, a Boston and Maine Railroad Buddliner traveling from Boston to Rockport struck a stalled tank truck carrying 7,000 US gallons (26,000 L) of oil at the railroad crossing on 2nd Street in Everett, Massachusetts. The Buddliner's cars quickly became engulfed in flames.
A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.