When the Alton was taken over by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio in 1947, the Santa Fe offered tp take the Kansas City-St. Louis route, the GM&O was willing, but the offer met with a lot of opposition, so this never happened.
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When the Alton was taken over by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio in 1947, the Santa Fe offered tp take the Kansas City-St. Louis route, the GM&O was willing, but the offer met with a lot of opposition, so this never happened.
Rhode Island does own some equipment that is used by the MBTA. The cars have plates indicating RI ownership. The reason for this is that to apportion costs of running a two-state service is a lot of work if it is based on the number of riders each day. Instead, when the equipment was ordered, the pr...
Here's the first schedule 12/15/1979
There was a stop in Merrimack but not at the start of service. There were quite a few requests for a Merrimack stop and it was worked in.
My local newspaper had the Unclaimed Money supplement last week, so I looked. No, you'll never find me there. When I worked for Amtrak I found a few and Amtrak got the money it was due. I looked today and perhaps it is because so many financial transactions are being done through Internet applicatio...
When I was at the B&M it was East Cambridge. Earlier, when vessels headed up the, Millers River, filled in over the years in stages, by the B&M - between the tracks and the trolley viaduct, Cambridgeport. The area behind Tower A was Yard 13.
Notice from City of Framingham. Salem End Road crossing 8/18 closed from 8 a. m. for approx. 8 hours. Notice says rail replacement.
Until the Callahan opened about 1960 or so, the Sumner operated as a two way tunnel from 1934.
No. After the end of through passenger service, ABS and one main track were retired between Reading and Wilmington Junction. A local worked out of Lawrence down to Melrose or where ever. It was used for detour moves too. At least one gravel train from Bow, NH piled up around Montvale on the NH main ...
November 1961 Official Guide has 10/29/61 NYC timetable and a southbound train had a conditional stop there. I have other later Guides, but I can't go looking for them now. So, after 1961 anyway.
Service to Haverhill was restored in 1979. The service was pretty limited at first, I think 4 or so M-F round trips. I'd have to dig out some timetables to see if they continued the Winchester routing or ran the Western Route all the way. It wasn't too long before service was expanded and both route...
Why would the Transit Authority keep someone, who obviously could not pay, on board?
Local freight, southbound, passed under the Mt. Wayte Avenue Bridge in Framingham about 11:30 this morning. About 22 cars, all trash.
There are maps issued by the Port Authority under their name and issued by some of the railroads serving New York City and New Jersey. They show quite a bit of trackage, piers, mainlines, industrial branches.
Romex Cable, the Framingham News (newspaper, now MetroWest Daily News). The industrial park was a Perini Corp. venture and was developed in the early-mid 1960s. Like everything else industrial around here, it lasted 25-30 years and gradually converted to office, research or high tech and did not nee...