B&M/Guilford Customer Lists

Hi all,

I'm currently doing some research on current/former rail customers in New England, focusing on the Boston region in 1975-95. There are good records online at multimodalways.org for Conrail routes, but I've struggled to find equivalent info for the B&M/Guilford system. Does anyone here know where to find such info? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

From '90-95 traffic reporting (customer name formatted (eg. CRYCOLSTO= CRYstal COLd STOrage) and commodity defined by Standard Transportation Commodity Code (STCC) subject to billing)) roughly defined by "Boston region":

GILLETTE, Andover MA (Flammable Liquids)
GVMOORE, Ayer MA (plywood)
LUMMERCHA Ayer, MA (lumber)
NEWENGWOOD, Gardner (Heywood), MA (pulpboard)
GARE, Haverhill, MA (gypsum board)
ALLIED, Lawrence MA (frozen fish)
NEWATLPAP, Lawrence MA (aggregates)
MARVJ, Leominster MA (plastics)
PLASTICAN, Leominster MA (plastics)
STONECONTAINER, Leominster MA (pulpboard)
STACONTAINER, Leominster MA (pulpboard)
CRYCOLSTO, Medford MA (frozen fish)
MANSTEEL, Medford MA (steel)
AABUSMAN, Medford MA (Malt Liquids)
EASGELATIN, Peabody MA (Animal bones and Acid)
KEYPACIND, Salem NH (Plastic)
CATSPAGNA, Somerville MA (nut oil)
AMERICOLD, Watertown MA (Frozen fish, poultry)
TIGWAREHOUSE, Winchester MA (Wood products)
ROTHSTEIN, Woburn MA (Flour)
EXXONMOBIL, Lawrence MA (Plastics)
MYSSTODIS, Somerville MA (Catsup)

It's a start...hope this helps.

This is really helpful, thank you! Just sent you a DM with a couple of other questions.

Lots of B&M/Guilford-era Massachusetts customers can be found here (scroll down until you hit State Line 274.9):

http://web.archive.org/web/200409031004 ... rs_mp2.htm

More here:

http://web.archive.org/web/200502270411 ... RS_MP3.HTM

And here:

http://web.archive.org/web/200606242231 ... RS_MP4.HTM

This report on the Red Line extension past Harvard has lots of details about customers on the Fitchburg Freight Cutoff and the Lexington Branch, including carloads and commodities: https://archive.org/details/redlineexte ... up?q=farms

In case the link doesn't work, the "Current Status" stuff starts at page n139.

Thank you, all, for these responses! Really helpful. MEC407 -- any chance you could give an approximate date on those links?

From 20 years prior is the B&M list of customers from 1955: https://www.bmrrhs.org/s/Industries-1955.xls