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This was a continuation of the New London Northern Railroad, built south from Miller's Falls in 1867 and also leased to the Vermont Central in 1871. In 1874 the Fitchburg Railroad leased the rest of the V&M, extending its line west to Greenfield (and beyond via the Troy and Greenfield Railroad - see below).
Northern Tier Passenger Rail (abbreviated NTPR) is a proposed intercity rail project in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that would restore passenger service between the cities Boston and North Adams. The line would connect Berkshire, Franklin, Worcester, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties in northwestern Massachusetts with North Station.
The Fitchburg Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which runs from Boston 's North Station to Wachusett station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The line is along the tracks of the former Fitchburg Railroad, which was built across northern Massachusetts, United States, in the 1840s. Winter weekend service includes a specially equipped ...
2,077 mi (3,343 km) The Boston and Maine Railroad (reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. It was chartered in 1835, and became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B&M operated 1,515 route-miles (2,438 km) on 2,481 miles (3,993 km ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Boston and Albany Railroad (reporting mark B&A) [1] was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system, Conrail, and CSX Transportation. The mainline is currently used by CSX for freight as the Berkshire Subdivision and ...
Wachusett station was located south of Princeton Road in the Crockerville section of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) northeast of the modern station. [6] It opened by 1865. [10] A freight wreck at the station in July 1905 killed two men. [11] The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) acquired the Fitchburg Railroad in 1900. [5]
The railroad of Fitchburg Rail-road Company, herein referred to as the Fitchburg Railroad, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, situated in the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. It consists of 3 main lines, aggregating 248.403 miles, and 10 branches, aggregating 145.830 miles, a total of 394.233 miles of road.
The Watertown Branch Railroad was a branch loop of the Fitchburg Railroad that was meant to serve the town of Watertown and the City of Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as an independent short line railroad; it also serviced the Watertown Arsenal. The line has been formally abandoned and portions have been converted into a rail trail ...