Download or read book History of the Boston and Maine Railroad Through the Lexington Branch written by Harold I. Judkins and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minuteman Railroad written by William Deen and published by . This book was released on 2022-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the history of the Boston & Maine Railroad's Lexington Branch, a line northwest of Boston that operated from 1846 to 1981. It began as a country short line, grew into a high-capacity railroad with dozens of daily passenger trains, and reverted in the end to one where the train crews knew the passengers by name and made sure none missed their stops. Explored are its creation, growth, and decline, how it was operated, and what it meant to the "Minuteman towns" of Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Concord, and Billerica. Passenger traffic on it was always more important than freight, and what was needed to implement its once-intensive schedules is described in detail. The Branch's creation in the 1840s was a byproduct of a most unlikely industry: the shipment of natural ice from Boston to tropical ports as distant as Calcutta. There was corporate intrigue. Begun as a local enterprise aimed just to link West Cambridge and Lexington with Boston, in the 1870s it became a pawn in contests among regional railroads. That its services were once vital is unquestionable. In 1900, Arlington saw 60 steam trains daily, Lexington 44, and Bedford 28. Fierce competition arrived that year in the form of a parallel street railway. The Branch outlasted the trolleys by decades, but the automobile eventually proved to be its undoing. Although it survived until commuter trains began receiving public subsidies, that was not enough to save it. Its right-of-way from West Cambridge to Bedford is now the popular Minuteman Bikeway.

Download or read book The Boston and Maine Railroad written by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Maine in the 19th Century written by Bruce D. Heald and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the romance of early railroading in northern New England pervades Boston & Maine in the 19th Century. This fascinating journey begins in the 1830s with an 8-mile line that just kept growing. By the end of the century, Boston & Maine was traveling over 2,324 miles of track. This first pictorial history of the Boston & Maine explores the heyday of an enterprising railroad. Using spectacular images, most of which have never before been published, the book takes us along scenic stretches of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Download or read book Boston Maine in the 20th Century written by Bruce D. Heald and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the twentieth century dawned, the Boston & Maine Railroad Company controlled virtually all of the rail lines in New Hampshire, as well as much of the service in Maine and Massachusetts. Ultimately, the company operated more than 2,000 stations in northern New England. The train was the most important mode of travel, and the stations were the center of the community. Boston & Maine in the 20th Century continues the first pictorial history of the railroad company, entitled Boston & Maine in the 19th Century. With more than 200 rare images and historical narrative, the book details the trains and their destinations: the terminals, stations, depots, and whistle stops to which they sped. Times changed, and the railroad was passed by; however, its legacy lives on.

Download or read book A History of the Boston Maine Railroad Exploring New Hampshire s Rugged Heart by Rail written by Bruce D. Heald and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-19 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born. By 1900, the B&M operated some 2,300 miles of track in northern New England, having taken over an astonishing forty-seven different railroads since its inception. The B&M loomed particularly large in the Granite State, where it controlled 96 percent of all tracks and was the primary conveyance through the rugged heart of New England s most formidable mountain range.From the gravity-defying Mount Washington Cog Railway to logging transport trains to the famous Depression-era Snow Train, A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad traces the fascinating history of New England's most renowned railway.

Download or read book The Eastern Railroad written by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Maine Railroad System Statutes relating to Boston Lowell railroad and lease lines written by Boston and Maine Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston Maine Railroad System Statutes of Massachusetts relating to Boston Maine railroad and leased lines written by Boston and Maine Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston and Maine Railroad Cheshire Branch Records written by Boston and Maine Railroad. Cheshire Branch and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annual reports, payrolls, labor records, rules and regulations, timetables, ticket sales reports, rosters, histories, and other records, documenting the history and administration of the railroad; together with related correspondence and papers of Marium E. Foster, a railroad employee. Includes names and addresses of Boston and Maine employees serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in 1944.

Download or read book Report of the Investigating Committee of the Boston and Maine Railroad written by Boston and Maine Railroad. Committee of Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Granite State Interurban written by Osmond Richard Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company written by and published by . This book was released on 190? with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report Presented to the Stockholders of the Boston and Maine Railroad at Their Annual Meeting written by Boston and Maine Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Directors of the Boston and Maine Railroad for the Year Ending written by Boston and Maine Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Directors of the Boston and Maine Rail Road Corporation written by Boston and Maine Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boston and Maine Locomotives written by Bruce D. Heald and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boston & Maine Railroad has long captured the hearts of rail enthusiasts, and its locomotives are models of the majesty, power, and romance of American rail. The Boston & Maine was a railroad dynasty running through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and many still remember hearing the whistle blow as a Boston & Maine locomotive spewing smoke and steam pulled into the station. Boston & Maine Locomotives, the third volume in Arcadia's trio documenting the Boston & Maine Railroad, is a history of the locomotives that powered New England's most dominant line. The Ten Wheelers, the Mastodons, the Pacifics, and the other classes of locomotive are seen here as they pull passengers and freight throughout the Northeast. The Boston & Maine was one of the last railroads in the area to continue naming its locomotives, and those engines, from nineteenth-century steam to twentieth-century diesel, are recorded here. The Portland, the Newburyport, the General Sherman, and more ride New England's rails once again in Boston & Maine Locomotives.