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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.
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.
As of August 5, 2006, the local media reported the MBTA Police could merge with the Massachusetts State Police due to budgetary and staffing concerns. [6] The union which represents the MBTA Transit Police supports this plan citing the difficulty the 257-member force has providing security for a transit system that spans 177 cities and towns in the state.
The Boston and Lowell Railroad was a railroad that operated in Massachusetts in the United States. It was one of the first railroads in North America and the first major one in the state. The line later operated as part of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Southern Division. Late 19th century map of the Boston & Lowell Railroad (drawn in red)
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 ...
The Boston and Lowell Railroad was built in 1835 through West Medford, followed by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) through the east part of Medford in 1844. [1] On March 7, 1845, the state legislature approved the charter of the Medford Branch Rail-road Company to build a branch line from the B&M mainline to Medford Square. [2]
For 1957, the terminus was moved to North Conway to allow the train to run with one RDC car as two cars were required to trip Maine Central Railroad's signals. [4] By early 1960, the B&M proposed removing one of the three crewmembers but discontinued the service after the two railroad unions objected.
The Boston and Portland Railroad opened to Bradford, across the Merrimack River from Haverhill, on October 26, 1837. [4]: 5 A bridge across the river was built in 1839, with service extended to East Kingston, New Hampshire via Haverhill on January 1, 1840. The railroad was renamed as the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1843.