[3][4] On May 9, 1890, B&M purchased Eastern Railroad outright. The C&Mbegan as theBoston, Concord & Montreal incorporated in 1844. The route prospered until the postwar period; the last passenger train ran on January 3, 1965. That year it reported 2,744 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 92 million passenger-miles.[1]. (However, Haverhill service was restored by MVRTA subsidy in 1979. Boston & Maine Railroad logo. Source: Boston & Maine Railroad Accounting Department. transportation, - If only black-and-white ("b&w") sources are listed and you desire a copy showing The line opened to Andover on August 8, 1836. Shipping list no. Now a successful operation it caught the eye of those with money. It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. To contact Reference staff in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, please use our Digital Collection. An Electro-Motive builder's photo featuring freshly-outshopped Boston & Maine GP9 #1701 in early 1957. [7]:15 On May 18, 1958, the B&M severely reduced Boston commuter service. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is advise you in both how to fill out a call slip and when the item can be served. READ MORE. Coos County New Hampshire Randolph, 1968. Boston & Maine 4-6-2 3664 on train 241 to Portsmouth, N.H., paces E7 3811 on train 147 to Portland, Maine, at Somerville, Mass., on Aug. 8, 1946. Along with the Eastern, the B&M also acquired many branch lines, including the Conway Branch, the Saugus Branch, the South Reading Branch, and branches to Marblehead and Rockport, Massachusetts.[6]. Waumbek Junction - whitemountainhistory Its most important infrastructure project was the completion of the 4.75-mile Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts which finally tackled the formidable Green Mountains. The B&M's issues were magnified by poor management under Patrick McGinnis during this time, who also headed the New Haven. Note the interlocking tower in the background, which controlled movements at this location. )[12] On December 27, 1976, the MBTA bought all B&M commuter equipment, as well as most of the B&M's trackage on Boston's northside (including several abandoned lines). American-Rails.com collection. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly The Triplex locomotive was a unique design intended to offer maximum tractive effort in slow, drag service. From January, 1963 to March, 1964, the state Mass Transportation Commission funded an experiment testing various fares and service levels on the two railroads. Its traffic base continued to erode as manufacturing, and business in general, either closed its doors or switched to trucks. Coos County New Hampshire Gorham, 1968. translateds by Christianson, Justinemitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Powered By Revize Login. On January 28 of that year, the B&M and Eastern Railroad came to an agreement to both lease the PS&P as a joint line to Portland. In the foreground is Boston & Maine 4-6-2 #3712 (P-4) while in the background can be seen 4-4-2 #3234 (J-1e). The Fitchburg was incorporated onMarch 3, 1842, opening between Boston and Fitchburg onMarch 5, 1845. The Boston & Maine first acquired control of the BC&M in 1887 but soon spun-off the railroad which went on to form the Concord & Montreal on July 24, 1889. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. https://www.loc.gov/item/nh0299/. The B&M's most traveled and well known passenger trains included the Alouette, Ambassador, Cheshire, Day White Mountains, East Wind, Green Mountain Flyer, Gull, Kennebec, Minute Man, Montrealer/Washingtonian, Mountaineer, Pine Tree, Red Wing, and State of Maine. [5] This provided a second route to Maine, ending competition along the immediate route between Boston and Portland. Later, it faced heavy debt problems from track construction and from the cost of acquiring the Fitchburg Railroad, causing a corporate reorganization in 1919. The B&M leased the Fitchburg Railroad on July 1, 1900. Dated: 1980. 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This bridge is one of three known Howe pony truss bridges that were built on the line in 1918 and one of only two that survive. (Some images display only as thumbnails outside (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). The Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society maintains its physical archive of railroad photos and documents at 40 French Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Ronald Johnson photo. Significance: Snyder Brook Bridge is one of eight boxed pony truss bridges remaining in North America. (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). History [ edit] This includes an average layover time of around 18 min. Is the item digitized? such as microfilm or copy prints? After steady growth from 1901 to 1913, passenger rail ridership around Boston peaked in 1920 and began to decline due to competition from private automobiles and service cuts during World War I. - ruins, - It provided access across Massachusetts to important interchange points in New York at Albany and Rotterdam Junction. Photograph. At this time the first reductions took place. As the B&M grew, it also gained control of former rivals, including: On March 28, 1883, the boards of directors of B&M and the Eastern Railroad Company voted to ratify the proposition that Eastern Railroad would be leased by B&M. On January 1, 1893, the B&M leased the Connecticut River Railroad, with the main line from Springfield, Massachusetts north along the Connecticut River to White River Junction, Vermont, where the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad (acquired in 1887) continued north. The Stony Brook Branch - Page 2 - RAILROAD.NET & McPartland, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. American-Rails.com collection. the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through This early type of signaling system is where the term "high ball" originated. Photograph. It was shipped to Cleveland for extensive testing. American-Rails.com collection. This system offered rail service from North Berwick into Portland, a city the B&M was attempting to serve. Today's B&M is much different than the one of mid-century; what's left of its historic network is operated by Pan Am However, the BC&M was separated in 1889 and merged with the Concord Railroad to form the Concord and Montreal Railroad, which the B&M leased on April 1, 1895, gaining the Concord Railroad's direct line between Nashua and Concord. Berlin Station [B&M] - Berlin, NH | Railroad History Survey number: HAER NH-48, - The addition of this system provided the railroad with a majority stake in New Hampshire's railroads providing service to all of its major cities such as Bellows Falls, Wells River, Concord, Nashua, and Manchester. At one point, the B&M also owned a majority of stock of the Maine Central Railroad, stretching from Quebec via northern New Hampshire to southern and eastern Maine. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly There is an agreement between HAER, National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, and Case Western Reserve University to test and reconstruct the bridge. The four routes with single daily round-trips slowly ended: South Sudbury on November 26, 1971; Newburyport in April 1976; Haverhill in June 1976; and Bedford on January 10, 1977. Includes location map. Remembering the Boston & Maine Railroad | Classic Trains Magazine No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. covered bridges, - Boston and Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge -148.81, Howe Pony Truss, 1918, Title Sheet - Boston and Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge -148.81, Formerly spanning Moose HAER NH-48 (sheet 1 of 6).tif 14,400 9,600; 757 KB On December 1, 1919, the B&M purchased the Fitchburg Railroad. New Hampshire--Coos County--Gorham. [7]:15 On January 18, 1965, commuter service was cut to the MBTA district and subsidies began. Under the direction of new president Alan G. Dustin the railroad was rescued from the brink through aggressive management, marketing, and sound railroading. Bergeron Engineers - Graton, Arnold M - Granger, Sanford - Bennett, Lola - Arnold M. Graton Associates Inc - Wright, David - Graton, Arnold, Jr, Photo(s): 11 | Color Transparencies: 4 | Data Page(s): 8 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2, Bennett, Lola - Federal Highway Administration - Marston, Christopher H - Troemner, Florence - Howe, William - Croteau, Todd a - Troemner, Clara - Christianson, Justine - Stover, Ralph - Historic American Engineering Record, Photo(s): 13 | Measured Drawing(s): 9 | Data Page(s): 11 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2. 119Save. It went to form part of the B&M's Southern Division and always remained a relatively busy corridor throughout the years. [7]:13 The B&M began testing Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) in 1952; in 1954, the railroad decided to switch all commuter service to RDCs to cut costs. In 1925, B&M reported 2956 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 740 million passenger-miles; at the end of the year it operated 2291 route-miles, including "42.85 miles of electric street railway". 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It would eventually purchase the system outright in the spring of 1890. Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. American-Rails.com collection. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. [Photo Captions from Survey HAER NH-48 ]. Explore More Railroad Stations. Ridership sharply increased during World War II; the B&M had a slower postwar decline than its contemporaries, though major frequency reductions occurred in 19491950. [7]:89, The B&M became unprofitable in 1958 and moved to shed its money-losing passenger operations. That company was merged into the main B&M on March 19, 1845, and opened on July 1, leading to the abandonment of the old connection to the B&L (later reused by the B&L for its Wildcat Branch). To contact Reference staff in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, please use our "This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration-Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service-Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)." Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction, - Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH, Historic American Engineering Record, creator, Federal Highway Administration, National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, sponsor, Case Western Reserve University, consultant, National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, sponsor, - Library of Congress Duplication Services. Today's B&M is much different than the one of mid-century; what's left of its historic network is operated by Pan Am Railways/CSX Transportation. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as Boston & Maine GP9 #1701 leads a short train west out of the yard at East Deerfield, Massachusetts on July 28, 1972. [13]:211 On June 30, 1967, the Concord trip was cut to Lowell, and the Dover trip to Haverhill. Boston and Maine Railroad: Whitefield and Jefferson Branch (1914 Price lists, contact information, and order forms are available on the At our age, members of the Class of '48 have an abundance of free timeand Joyce Van Denburgh Doty, MFA '50, made excellent use of it with a detailed response to the Share Your News form.. Perhaps invigorated by the oxygen she uses (though she never smoked, she presumes she inhaled others'), she goes beyond her own TV watching of both old black-and-white shows and modern news to . This abandoned railway shows up as a Boston & Maine railroad line as early as 1895. However, the popularization of the automobile doomed B&M as a passenger carrier. 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Category:Berlin Branch Bridge - Wikimedia Commons File:Howe Pony Truss Axonometric Cutaway Pre-2004 - Boston and Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge -148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston and Maine Railroad, HAER NH-48 (sheet 6 of 6).png Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad (now Presidential Range Rail Trail), just south of U.S. Route 2, Randolph, Coos County, NH Historic American Engineering Record, creator Boston & Maine Railroad Concord & Montreal Railroad Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad After the B&M takeover the property became known as its Fitchburg Division. - Pepperell, Worcester, Nashua & Portland: Nashua - Hudson, Worcester & Contoocook Branch: Peterborough - Elmwood, Saratoga & Schuylerville Interchange Contract, Portsmouth Branch (Passenger Service Discontinuance), Saratoga Branch: Saratoga & Schuylerville Railroad, Central Mass Branch: Berlin - Clinton Junction, Central Mass Branch: Berlin - Hudson (Abandonment Proposal), Claremont & Concord: Garrison - Contoocook, Bedford & Billerica: Bedford - Billerica Center. You can catch Thomas and his friends at the Medina Railroad Museum in May, 2023! The B&L was chartered on June 5, 1830, opening for service between its namesake cities (26 miles) in 1835. During the B&M's peak years, before the Great Depression, it moved a substantial variety of freight from dedicated milk trains and furniture to coal and textiles. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, . : 2016-0123-P. Includes bibliographical Simmons, David A. September, 1952 saw the first cut to the four main intercity mainlines, as Eastern Route service was cut from Portland, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On verso: Ac. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Brook at former Boston & Maine Hall Bridge, Spanning Saxtons River at Paradise Hill Road, Rockingham, Windham County, VT. Pan Am Railways and all its subsidiaries are now owned by CSX. [8]:44 The northern section of the BostonWells River, Vermont route ended in 1954 (thus ending connections to Quebec City), as did ManchesterPortsmouth service. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 1/6 Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Howe Pony Mellons new railroad system included a black livery with bright orange trim and while sub-lettering was applied to the owning railroad's equipment (a practice that continues today under Pan Am). Today, much of its original trackage is operated as part of Pan Am Railways. This new system provided for through service between Worcester and Portland. Mean's Ford Bridge, Spanning Tohickon Creek at Stump Road, Ralph Stover State Park, Point Pleasant, Bucks Rollins Farm Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad at Ham Road, Rollinsford, Strafford County, NH, Clark's Bridge, Spanning Pemigewasset River at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, Grafton County, NH. The Worcester and Nashua Railroad was organized in 1845 (opened 1848) and the Nashua and Rochester Railroad in 1847, forming a line between Worcester, Massachusetts, and Rochester, New Hampshire, via Nashua. In addition to the B&M, Mellon, acquired the Maine Central, Springfield Terminal (an MEC subsidiary), and Delaware Hudson although the latter system was later sold. Abandonment Notices Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. PAR transferred to the PAS assets that included its 155-mile (249km) main line track between Mechanicville, New York, and Ayer, Massachusetts, including the Hoosac Tunnel and Fitchburg line as far as Littleton, Massachusetts, and 281 miles (452km) of secondary and branch lines, plus trackage rights, in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Its substantial growth occurred after the Civil War following the manufacturing base which sprang up across New England. This was the beginning of the end of the Boston & Maine corporate image, and the start of major changes, such as new labor issues which caused the strikes of 1986 and 1987, and drastic cost-cutting such as the 1990 closure of B&M's Mechanicville, New York, site: the largest rail yard and shop facilities on the B&M system. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Berlin, New Hampshire Boston and Maine Corporation Boston and Maine Railroad The Concord & Montreal Railroad. Boston & Maine GP38-2 #200 is seen here dressed in its Bicentennial livery at Mechanicville, New York on April 17, 1975. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). The Maine Central's Beecher Fall's branch was an extension off of . 2/8 Plan 2013 - Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81 [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/nh0299/. (Some images display only as thumbnails outside However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). - Pepperell, 1942 - Reformatory Branch: Bedford - Concord, 1942 - Lakeport Branch: Farmington - Alton, 1942 - Milford Branch: Milford - End of Line, 1942 - Worcester, Nashua & Portland: Nashua - Hudson, 1942 - Worcester & Contoocook Branch: Peterborough - Elmwood, 1944 - Eastern Route: North Berwick - Biddeford, 1947 - Saratoga & Schuylerville Interchange Contract, 1952 - Eastern Route: Kittery - North Berwick, 1954 - Claremont Branch (Passenger Discontinuance), 1954 - Claremont Branch (Sale of Branch to Claremont & Concord Railway), 1954 - Portsmouth Branch (Passenger Service Discontinuance), 1955 - Saratoga Branch: Saratoga & Schuylerville Railroad, 1959 - Central Mass Branch: Berlin - Clinton Junction, Central Mass Branch: Berlin - Clinton Junction Bridge Removals, 1959 - Central Mass Branch: Berlin - Hudson (Abandonment Proposal), 1959 - Peterboro Branch: Heywood - Winchendon, 1960 - Claremont & Concord: Garrison - Contoocook (Abandonment by Claremont & Concord Rwy. Is the item digitized? During bankruptcy the B&M reorganized. The C&M was a consolidation of the BC&M and Concord Railroad remaining independent for only a few additional years before it was again leased by the B&M onApril 1, 1895. the Prints and Photographs Reading Room. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. PDF Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06 Haer Nh-49 Ask A Librarian service or call the reading room between 8:30 and M. R., New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad, Howe, W. [] Marston, C. H. (1968) Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #143.06, Spanning Snyder Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad now Presidential Range Rail Trail, just south of U.S. Route 2, Randolph, Coos County, NH. Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. the original in color by citing the Call Number listed above and including the catalog Boston and Maine's Fort Hill Branch in Hinsdale, Gonic and Lakeport Branches in Rochester Repairs to the North Stratford to Beecher Falls line (relocation of washed out section) 1995 Rehabilitation of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Rehabilitation of New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad in Somersworth An official, 1946 system map of the Boston & Maine. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. Facebook; The following abandonment notices, petitions, sale documents and interchange contracts are digital files made from originals in the B&MRRHS Archives by Mr. David D. Ashenden and Rick Kfoury. Please use the following steps to determine whether you need to fill out a call slip in the Prints https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress), Federal Highway Administration, National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation (Department of Resources and Economic Development), Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information. ), 1962 - Bedford & Billerica: Bedford - Billerica Center. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly (Those totals do not include B&C, M&WR, StJ&LC or YH&B.). The largest of New England's railroads, the Boston & Maine is synonymous with the territory and for over 140 years served it well. [8]:154 (Portland continued to see service to Boston on the Western Route through Dover, New Hampshire.) From the very start the road handled a wide variety of freight and also enjoyed a healthy passenger business. Boston and Maine Railroad - American-Rails.com In 1973 and 1974 the B&M was on the brink of liquidation. [10][11] Long rural lines to North Conway and Berlin, New Hampshire were cut on December 3, 1961. Fitchburg Route service was cut to West Concord; New Hampshire Route and Western Route service to Wilmington, save for the Concord and Dover trip; Eastern Route service to Manchester and Wenham except for the Newburyport trip; and Central Mass service to South Sudbury. Photograph. (Dario Ambrose) - Bennett, Lola - Reckard, M. K. - Marston, Christopher H. - Conwill, Joseph D. - O'Connor, Richard (Richard John) - Historic American Engineering Record - Duwadi, Sheila Rimal - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - Christianson, Justine - Barker, James (James A.) Almost all inner-suburb commuter stations within the MTA transit district were closed. Service via Concord to Laconia, New Hampshire and to Montreal via White River Junction ended, though a single BostonConcord round trip remained. Ray Sabo photo. Title: Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH Other Title: Moose Brook Bridge National Covered Bridges Recording Project; Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator Related Names: Concord & Montreal Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Howe, William Guilford Transportation New .
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