Global Information Lookup Global Information

Fitchburg Railroad information


Fitchburg Railroad
Map
A locomotive of the Fitchburg railroad in Keene, New Hampshire in the mid to late 1800s
Overview
LocaleBoston to Fitchburg, Massachusetts and beyond into Vermont and New York
Dates of operation1840–1919
SuccessorBoston and Maine
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Fitchburg Railroad is a former railroad company, which built a railroad line across northern Massachusetts, United States, leading to and through the Hoosac Tunnel. The Fitchburg was leased to the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1900. The main line from Boston to Fitchburg is now operated as the MBTA Fitchburg Line; Pan Am Railways runs freight service on some other portions.

and 25 Related for: Fitchburg Railroad information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8024 seconds.)

Fitchburg Railroad

Last Update:

The Fitchburg Railroad is a former railroad company, which built a railroad line across northern Massachusetts, United States, leading to and through...

Word Count : 3118

Porter station

Last Update:

the Wind and Glove Cycle. There has been a railroad station at Porter Square since the Fitchburg Railroad began operations in the early 1840s. The first...

Word Count : 2221

Fitchburg Line

Last Update:

Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The line is along the tracks of the former Fitchburg Railroad, which was built across northern Massachusetts, United States, in...

Word Count : 4633

Harvard Branch Railroad

Last Update:

The Harvard Branch Railroad was a short-lived branch from the Fitchburg Railroad to Harvard Square and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

Word Count : 131

Fitchburg

Last Update:

Fitchburg may refer to: Fitchburg, California Fitchburg, Kentucky Fitchburg, Massachusetts Fitchburg, Michigan Fitchburg, Wisconsin Fitchburg Railroad...

Word Count : 65

Boston and Maine Railroad

Last Update:

the B&M purchased the Fitchburg Railroad. At one point, the B&M also owned a majority of stock of the Maine Central Railroad, stretching from Quebec...

Word Count : 3507

Central Massachusetts Railroad

Last Update:

and Sudbury Branch Railroad to run 6.75 miles from Mill Village in Sudbury through Wayland to a connection with the Fitchburg Railroad at Stony Brook in...

Word Count : 6580

Watertown Branch Railroad

Last Update:

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...

Word Count : 2328

Grand Junction Railroad

Last Update:

connection was provided with the Fitchburg Railroad, connecting the East Boston-bound Grand Junction to the Fitchburg-bound Fitchburg. The line was reorganized...

Word Count : 2535

Fitchburg Cutoff

Last Update:

Highland Road around 1887. In 1900, the B&M acquired the Fitchburg Railroad as its Fitchburg Division. The city of Somerville proposed to eliminate the...

Word Count : 2672

Alewife station

Last Update:

themselves named after the alewife fish. The Fitchburg Railroad (now the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line) opened through North Cambridge in 1842, followed...

Word Count : 4366

List of railroad lines in Massachusetts

Last Update:

Eastern Railroad. The Fitchburg Division was the former Fitchburg Railroad. The Southern Division was the former Boston and Lowell Railroad. The Western Division...

Word Count : 255

Ayer station

Last Update:

been a major railroad interchange since the Fitchburg Railroad opened through South Groton in 1845, followed by the Stony Brook Railroad, Worcester and...

Word Count : 3674

Union Freight Railroad

Last Update:

the Fitchburg Railroad and the west branch merging with the Boston and Maine Railroad. No connections were provided to the Boston and Albany Railroad (which...

Word Count : 893

Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad

Last Update:

The Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad was a railroad in Massachusetts. It was incorporated in 1840 to provide a rail connection between Fitchburg and Worcester...

Word Count : 513

Peter Bent Brigham

Last Update:

businessman, restaurateur, real estate trader, and director of the Fitchburg Railroad. He is best known as a philanthropist for his initial endowment of...

Word Count : 552

North Station

Last Update:

1843-opened Fitchburg Railroad originally terminated in Charlestown, near the north end of the Warren Bridge. On August 9, 1848, the railroad opened a new...

Word Count : 2691

Kendal Green station

Last Update:

the Fitchburg Line. The station has a single platform serving two tracks; it is not accessible. It originally opened with the Fitchburg Railroad in 1844...

Word Count : 1071

MBTA Commuter Rail

Last Update:

Railroad in 1838–1840, Fitchburg Railroad in 1843–45, Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1845, Old Colony Railroad and Fall River Railroad in 1845–46, and Norfolk...

Word Count : 11230

Hoosac Tunnel

Last Update:

bankrupt. In 1841, Crocker formed the Fitchburg Railroad (chartered 1842, opened 1845) between Boston and Fitchburg. In 1844, Crocker incorporated the existing...

Word Count : 3356

Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad

Last Update:

constructed in 1845–46, connecting Lexington Center to the Fitchburg Railroad (now the MBTA Fitchburg Line) in West Cambridge (near the site of the modern Alewife...

Word Count : 1999

Troy and Greenfield Railroad

Last Update:

Troy and Boston Railroad in 1856, then consolidated into Fitchburg Railroad 1887 which in turn was acquired by Boston and Maine Railroad by lease in 1900...

Word Count : 197

Boston and Lowell Railroad

Last Update:

(Middlesex Central Railroad) The Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1846, connecting the Fitchburg Railroad at West Cambridge...

Word Count : 4047

Pan Am Southern

Last Update:

utilizing rail lines formerly owned by the Fitchburg Railroad and later on the Boston and Maine Railroad. It was previously operated by PAR subsidiary...

Word Count : 848

Troy and Boston Railroad

Last Update:

Montreal. It was consolidated into the Fitchburg Railroad in 1887, which was in turn acquired by Boston and Maine Railroad by lease in 1900.[citation needed]...

Word Count : 119

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net