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were both on the ex-Old Colony system; more passengers entered Boston on Old Colony lines than entered New York on the New Haven. However, during its 1935–47 bankruptcy proceedings, the New Haven attempted to rid itself of unprofitable portions of the Old Colony. The New Haven's bankruptcy trustees
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to reduce costs. Boston service reached 86 trains in April 1954. As losses mounted, Boston-area railroads made major cuts in the late 1950s. All service to
Taunton, Fall River, and New Bedford (which used the B&P rather than the Old Colony mainline) ended in 1958. All remaining year-round Old
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in June 1844 and the 36.8-mile (59.2 km) line opened to
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under lease agreement on March 1, 1893, for its entire 617-mile (993 km) network. After this date, all trains, lines, and stations became known as the "Old Colony
Division" of the huge "New Haven" system. During this period, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad enjoyed a virtual
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Supreme Court cases generated by the reorganization. Losses on the Old Colony reached the critical value in October 1948; after threatening to discontinue all service, the New Haven cut back to a 26-train peak-only schedule on the Boston Group in March 1949.
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opening in 1848. Among the proponents of the Cape Cod Branch
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in 1898, the 1893 lease arrangement gave the NYNH&H a virtual monopoly on rail transport in southern New
England. On September 22, 1895, the New Haven converted all former Old Colony lines from left-hand running to right-hand running.
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in 1845, Carruth became actively involved in the development of the area. He built an estate on the east side of
Dorchester Avenue called Beechmont/Beaumont which would become one of the first railroad suburbs in America.
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Massachusetts and elsewhere in
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high-speed passenger rail service to Washington, D.C. Between 1986 and 1996 Amtrak also operated regular passenger service between New York City and Hyannis on Cape Cod during the summer months.
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on December 22, 1853. On February 22, 1854, the Cape Cod Branch Railroad was renamed the Cape Cod Railroad Company. In the spring of 1854, construction continued, with the railroad reaching
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On May 19, 1847, the first "boat train" left the OC's Kneeland Street Station in Boston bound for Fall River, where passengers would board a steamship for New York City. Over the years, the
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became known as the Old Colony's "Northern Division", with headquarters in Fitchburg, while the older OCRR lines became known as the "Central Division" with headquarters in Boston.
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was formed in July 1863 when the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad merged with the Newport and Fall River Railroad, which had been incorporated in 1846 to build a road from
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extension of Wrentham Branch from North Attleborough to Adamsdale; connected with Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad near state line. This line has been abandoned.
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The 1872 merger formed a system with three main branches; Boston to Plymouth, South Braintree to Fall River and Newport, and a third splitting from the Newport branch at
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lines extended in 1873 and 1876 by Old Colony Railroad to connect with Plymouth line, forming a loop to West Quincy and East Milton This line has been abandoned
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with express train service from Boston to its wharf in Fall River where passengers boarded luxury liners to New York City. The company also briefly operated a
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for 999 years, then purchasing it outright in 1883. The acquisition of this line provided important connections for the Old Colony, such as with the
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for a period of five years. By 1851, traffic on the line had increased enough to warrant the opening of a second track running between Boston and
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provided freight service on various lines which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had purchased from Conrail, including lines on Cape Cod and in
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train would become the most famous line of the Old Colony Railroad, with the finest and most up-to-date engines, cars and attention to detail.
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bankruptcy on September 11, 1947, and fully acquired the Old Colony a week later; the B&P was kept as a separate New Haven-owned company.
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to the Massachusetts state line at Fall River. However, the road from Fall River to the Rhode Island state line was not authorized by the
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near the end of its line in Plymouth. In 1847, the OC completed a short 6.2-mile (10.0 km) connector line from its main line at
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which operates on Cape Cod and in southeastern Massachusetts. Parts of the former OC on Cape Cod are also still used to operate the
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All OC locomotives were named until 1884, after which they were simply numbered. Among the early engines were the
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has provided freight service over several portions of the former Old Colony Railroad network, including lines in
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has taken over operation of the state-owned freight lines on Cape Cod from the Bay Colony Railroad.
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commenced from Hyannis in late September and would continue until 1872, when the railroad branch to
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The OC and Fall River Railroad merged with a joint stock vote on June 20, 1854, forming the
2986:"The New Haven Railroad Reorganization Proceedings, or the Little Railroad That Couldn't".
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project, restoring passenger rail to Fall River for the first time since 1958.
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name changed from Cape Cod Branch Railroad on February 22, 1854
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Lanpher, Bob; Donnelly, Dorothea; Cunningham, George (2004) .
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3069:"LAST CALL: Fall River railroad museum closes after 30 years"
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2846:. April 7, 1902. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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3219:. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 38.
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1737:Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Corporation
1167:Charles F. Choate (November 1877 to April 1907)
1152:Elias Hasket Derby (January 1848 to April 1850)
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608:Company, which it had been leasing since 1848.
465:had yet to be served by a rail link to Boston.
2961:Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985).
555:Old Colony and Fall River Railroad (1854–1863)
153:Map of Old Colony Railroad network, about 1893
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3261:Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
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2879:(3). Duke University School of Law: 495–508.
2761:Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
2654:Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
2640:Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
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888:In 1887 the Old Colony Railroad acquired the
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3143:(2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 402-405.
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1158:Alexander Holmes (June 1854 to July 1866)
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93:New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
3427:Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River
3162:McGarigle, Bob (January–December 1981).
3108:
3066:
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2941:
2916:
2857:
2086:; also Weir Branch, opened in 1840 with
1979:this segment of line has been abandoned
1789:Old Colony and Newport Railroad Company
1096:. The MBTA also restored service on the
933:, which it had been leasing since 1882.
586:lines. The line from South Braintree to
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156:
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3067:Holtzman, Michael (September 4, 2016).
2728:
1143:John Sever (June 1844 to December 1845)
920:Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
3476:
3238:
3141:The Rail Lines of Southern New England
3102:
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2797:
2773:
2747:
853:Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad
778:steamer wharf to Mattakeeset Lodge in
630:Old Colony and Newport Railway Company
3297:
3249:
2965:. Boston Street Railway Association.
2785:
2551:Wrentham Branch (Walpole Junction to
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1138:Presidents of the Old Colony Railroad
1125:Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad
1021:
797:The Old Colony Railroad acquired the
606:Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad
472:. Construction of the line began in
387:Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway
233:system, mainly covering southeastern
3242:The Story of the Old Colony Railroad
2866:
1208:
1200:
1178:List of Old Colony Railroad stations
708:had been established in 1846 as the
3288:Old Colony Railroad Company records
3023:
2465:one-half of right of way deeded to
1514:Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad
1014:in 1969, which in turn merged into
924:Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad
13:
3439:Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut
2431:East Junction to Blackstone River
2421:Stoughton Branch Railroad Company
2116:; passenger service ended in 1958
997:Under the 1951–1954 presidency of
799:Middleborough and Taunton Railroad
488:, but the name was changed to the
14:
3510:
3033:Boston Street Railway Association
2763:. February 15, 1911. p. 410.
2656:. February 15, 1911. p. 417.
2642:. February 15, 1911. p. 418.
2595:New York and New England Railroad
2467:Providence and Worcester Railroad
2183:Mansfield and Framingham Railroad
1893:Cape Cod Central Railroad Company
3421:Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern
3274:
3125:
2912:. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
2849:
2381:Seekonk Branch Railroad Company
2258:Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad
2223:Northborough to Pratts Junction
2105:New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
2088:New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
2027:New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
1849:Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company
1827:Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company
1358:Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line
1272:Old Colony Railroad Corporation
1241:Old Colony Railroad Corporation
1086:Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
766:In 1874, Old Colony founded the
490:New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
433:By the early 1840s, the city of
143:617 mi (993 km) (1893)
38:
21:New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
3489:Defunct Massachusetts railroads
3391:New York, Providence and Boston
3206:
3180:
3155:
3133:
3039:
2979:
2832:
2803:
2450:Blackstone River to Providence
2440:Boston and Providence Railroad
2248:Fitchburg to Sterling Junction
1713:Easton Branch Railroad Company
1149:(December 1845 to January 1848)
674:Old Colony Railroad (1872–1893)
429:Old Colony Railroad (1844–1854)
408:, as well as others in Lowell,
3494:Defunct Rhode Island railroads
2753:
2722:
2704:
2682:
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2490:Boston and Providence Railroad
2308:Framingham and Lowell Railroad
1721:Boston and Providence Railroad
1669:Old Colony and Newport Railway
1063:Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
1057:, Fall River, New Bedford and
947:Boston and Providence Railroad
929:In 1896 the OCRR acquired the
905:Boston and Providence Railroad
883:Framingham and Lowell Railroad
879:Lowell and Framingham Railroad
870:– not to be confused with its
829:Boston and Providence Railroad
618:Old Colony and Newport Railway
584:Boston and Providence Railroad
371:Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
289:, as well as the freight-only
1:
2994:(4): 861–880. February 1965.
2873:Law and Contemporary Problems
2625:
2561:12.8 mi or 20.6 km
2514:14.1 mi or 22.7 km
2378:0.25 mi or 0.40 km
2361:33.4 mi or 53.8 km
2304:26.1 mi or 42.0 km
2254:18.7 mi or 30.1 km
2229:14.0 mi or 22.5 km
2204:13.2 mi or 21.2 km
2179:22.1 mi or 35.6 km
2152:12.4 mi or 20.0 km
2101:20.0 mi or 32.2 km
2090:This line has been abandoned
2071:10.9 mi or 17.5 km
2014:15.9 mi or 25.6 km
1970:14.3 mi or 23.0 km
1941:11.6 mi or 18.7 km
1910:17.5 mi or 28.2 km
1889:18.7 mi or 30.1 km
1867:16.7 mi or 26.9 km
1845:12.9 mi or 20.8 km
1823:14.7 mi or 23.7 km
1692:Dighton and Somerset Railroad
1688:32.8 mi or 52.8 km
1665:19.0 mi or 30.6 km
1642:Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1629:10.8 mi or 17.4 km
1597:30.5 mi or 49.1 km
1571:this line has been abandoned
1564:Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad
1539:Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad
1535:17.5 mi or 28.2 km
1521:this line has been abandoned
1510:15.0 mi or 24.1 km
1403:0.75 mi or 1.21 km
1381:11.5 mi or 18.5 km
1238:36.8 mi or 59.2 km
807:Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad
670:and the main line to Boston.
637:Dighton and Somerset Railroad
626:Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3250:Hough, Henry Beetle (1936).
2611:9.6 mi or 15.4 km
2341:8.1 mi or 13.0 km
2283:Agricultural Branch Railroad
2233:Agricultural Branch Railroad
2208:Agricultural Branch Railroad
2044:9.0 mi or 14.5 km
1990:7.1 mi or 11.4 km
1973:Old Colony Railroad Company
1758:8.0 mi or 12.9 km
1734:8.0 mi or 12.9 km
1463:7.0 mi or 11.3 km
1446:Old Colony Railroad Company
1443:7.6 mi or 12.2 km
1437:Matfield Junction to Easton
1423:7.8 mi or 12.6 km
1385:South Shore Railroad Company
1269:6.2 mi or 10.0 km
1164:(July 1866 to November 1877)
1102:Middleborough/Lakeville Line
668:Dorchester and Milton Branch
666:as a connection between the
599:Old Colony Steamboat Express
7:
3239:Fisher, Charles E. (1919).
2867:Rood, Armistead B. (1940).
2585:5.7 mi or 9.2 km
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2456:5.4 mi or 8.7 km
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2400:2.1 mi or 3.4 km
2279:1.5 mi or 2.4 km
2198:Framingham to Northborough
2127:5.6 mi or 9.0 km
2047:Martha's Vineyard Railroad
2038:Martha's Vineyard Railroad
1904:Buzzards Bay to Woods Hole
1786:2.5 mi or 4.0 km
1710:3.8 mi or 6.1 km
1560:3.2 mi or 5.1 km
1487:2.2 mi or 3.5 km
1333:2.2 mi or 3.5 km
1311:1.8 mi or 2.9 km
1289:3.3 mi or 5.3 km
1130:Between 1986 and 2016, the
684:Old Colony Railroad Company
10:
3515:
3139:Karr, Ronald Dale (2017).
3116:"Abandon 23 Miles of Road"
2156:Fall River Railroad (1874)
2146:New Bedford to Fall River
2008:West Wareham to Fairhaven
1944:Cape Cod Railroad Company
1811:
1704:Stoughton to North Easton
1633:Fall River Branch Railroad
1610:Fall River Branch Railroad
1601:Fall River Railroad (1846)
1218:
1186:, and shortly thereafter.
1175:
974:only steam locomotive shop
967:Boston and Albany Railroad
931:Fall River Railroad (1874)
868:Fall River Railroad (1874)
837:Boston and Albany Railroad
768:Martha's Vineyard Railroad
576:Fall River Branch Railroad
423:
213:Martha's Vineyard Railroad
18:
3385:New Haven and Northampton
3350:
3332:
3229:– via Google Books.
3071:. Wicked Local Fall River
2500:
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2018:Fairhaven Branch Railroad
1993:Chatham Railroad Company
1871:Cape Cod Railroad Company
1817:Middleborough to Wareham
1728:Middleborough to Taunton
1575:
1121:Cape Cod Central Railroad
1090:Providence/Stoughton Line
1076:rapid transit service to
746:Cape Cod Central Railroad
706:Cape Cod Railroad Company
375:Cape Cod Central Railroad
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3445:Poughkeepsie and Eastern
3415:New York and New England
3403:Providence and Worcester
2938: (2d Cir. 1949).
2353:Readville to Providence
2329:Boston & Providence
2173:Mansfield to Framingham
2121:Taunton to Attleborough
1467:Nantasket Beach Railroad
1426:Hanover Branch Railroad
1263:to Bridegwater Junction
894:Nantasket Beach Railroad
710:Cape Cod Branch Railroad
686:under the leadership of
459:Providence, Rhode Island
302:mergers and acquisitions
75:Providence, Rhode Island
3254:. Tuttle Publishing Co.
2131:Taunton Branch Railroad
2095:Taunton to New Bedford
2075:Taunton Branch Railroad
1457:Nantasket Beach Branch
1360:, now two parts of the
1337:Shawmut Branch Railroad
1315:Granite Railway Company
1084:and Braintree, and the
1026:Since the early 1970s,
999:Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.
991:Palmer v. Massachusetts
983:Palmer v. Massachusetts
959:Crescent Avenue station
890:Hanover Branch Railroad
497:Kingston, Massachusetts
336:Middleborough/Lakeville
3339:Hartford and New Haven
3335:New York and New Haven
2729:Walczak, Bill (2001).
2508:Providence to Bristol
1481:Union Freight Railroad
1104:in the 1990s, and the
1098:Plymouth/Kingston Line
941:On March 1, 1893, the
752:east and northeast to
641:Easton Branch Railroad
291:Union Freight Railroad
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3283:at Wikimedia Commons
3188:"Norfolk's Railroads"
2936: F.2d opinion=559
2840:"Old Route Abandoned"
2690:"Cape Cod Rail Trail"
2298:Framingham to Lowell
2065:Mansfield to Taunton
1935:Orleans to Wellfleet
1752:Warren to Fall River
1283:Neponset to Mattapan
1032:Boston and Providence
1003:Budd Rail Diesel Cars
654:A portion of the old
622:Newport, Rhode Island
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58:Boston, Massachusetts
3270:Archives and records
2737:on February 4, 2012.
2731:"Dorchester History"
2700:on January 10, 2011.
2668:"East Bay Bike Path"
2564:Old Colony Railroad
2533:Attleborough Branch
2504:& Wrentham lines
2335:Boston to Readville
1913:Old Colony Railroad
1883:Yarmouth to Orleans
1861:Sandwich to Hyannis
1839:Wareham to Sandwich
1771:Slade's Ferry Bridge
1644:in 2010 for planned
1406:Old Colony Railroad
1397:Westdale to Elmwood
1354:Dorchester Extension
1092:and portions of the
1008:Southeast Expressway
951:New England Railroad
803:South Shore Railroad
545:South Shore Railroad
400:. These include the
367:short line railroads
3484:Old Colony Railroad
3451:New York Connecting
3433:Central New England
3281:Old Colony Railroad
3024:Belcher, Jonathan.
2502:Bristol, Attleboro
2321:Bay Colony Railroad
2273:Marlborough Branch
1984:Harwich to Chatham
1952:Cape Cod Rail Trail
1929:Shining Sea Bikeway
1805:Dean Street Station
1783:September 10, 1882
1685:September 24, 1866
1582:(Central Division)
1223:(Central Division)
1043:Bay Colony Railroad
790:(later renamed the
774:, running from the
541:Fall River Railroad
418:Cape Cod Rail Trail
377:tourist train from
227:Old Colony Railroad
30:
29:Old Colony Railroad
3367:Connecticut Valley
3216:North Attleborough
2988:Harvard Law Review
2582:February 15, 1892
2553:North Attleborough
2527:East Bay Bike Path
2315:later operated by
2251:February 11, 1850
2149:December 16, 1875
1987:November 21, 1887
1938:December 29, 1870
1594:December 31, 1846
1507:November 30, 1892
1235:November 10, 1845
1172:Lines and branches
1112:) opened in 2007.
1110:South Shore Branch
1061:. Since 2008, the
1022:History since 1969
845:Fitchburg Railroad
723:Barnstable village
402:East Bay Bike Path
363:CSX Transportation
245:to points such as
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2558:December 1, 1890
2412:Stoughton Branch
2201:December 1, 1855
2169:Northern Division
2061:New Bedford Lines
1886:December 1, 1865
1820:January 26, 1848
1813:Cape Cod Division
1779:Whittenton Branch
1662:February 5, 1864
1577:Fall River &
1551:South Duxbury to
1529:to South Duxbury
1330:December 2, 1872
1286:December 1, 1847
1195:Segment / Branch
786:. The locomotive
772:Martha's Vineyard
680:Cape Cod Railroad
525:Governor Bradford
348:Greenbush Station
287:Martha's Vineyard
229:(OC) was a major
163:Governor Bradford
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2011:October 2, 1854
1797:Whittenton Mills
1747:Project Phase 1
1745:South Coast Rail
1646:South Coast Rail
1440:January 1, 1888
1378:January 1, 1849
1308:October 7, 1826
1189:
1188:
1047:Middlesex County
979:88 stations case
896:with service to
841:South Framingham
801:in 1874 and the
664:Shawmut Railroad
457:to the west and
391:Aquidneck Island
369:, including the
356:South Coast Rail
331:Old Colony Lines
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1586:South Braintree
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2058:
1999:Acquired by
1963:Provincetown
1950:now part of
1812:
1719:operated by
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1249:South Boston
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1209:Acquired by
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55:Headquarters
25:
1927:is now the
792:South Beach
733:service to
660:West Quincy
505:New England
486:New Bedford
398:rail trails
311:New England
255:New Bedford
105:Track gauge
3478:Categories
3409:Old Colony
3397:Housatonic
3373:New Canaan
3343:Shore Line
2626:References
2483:June 1850
2397:June 1842
2276:June 1855
2226:July 1866
2025:deeded to
1925:Woods Hole
1654:Fall River
1622:Fall River
1352:for their
1078:Dorchester
1059:Leominster
776:Oak Bluffs
739:Woods Hole
725:on May 8,
565:Fall River
509:Dorchester
416:, and the
365:and other
263:Providence
251:Fall River
3379:Naugatuck
3198:April 17,
1959:Wellfleet
1370:Braintree
1206:Built By
1018:in 1976.
913:Stoughton
860:Dartmouth
849:Fitchburg
833:Mansfield
784:Edgartown
735:Nantucket
731:steamboat
645:Stoughton
517:Mayflower
455:Worcester
447:Fitchburg
414:Fairhaven
410:Mansfield
358:project.
344:Braintree
318:main line
267:Fitchburg
193:, of the
99:Technical
89:Successor
3361:Air Line
3075:April 1,
3047:"(home)"
2826:43504499
2469:in 1853
2331:Division
2003:in 1905
1671:Company
1553:Kingston
1527:Cohasset
1499:Plymouth
1374:Cohasset
1231:Plymouth
1123:and the
1074:Red Line
864:Westport
843:and the
811:Kingston
750:Yarmouth
714:Sandwich
643:between
569:Kingston
470:Plymouth
352:Scituate
342:between
324:and the
275:Cape Cod
247:Plymouth
231:railroad
124: in
50:Overview
3008:1338796
2893:1189708
2599:Norwood
2577:Norwood
2317:Conrail
1801:Raynham
1658:Newport
1618:Myricks
1590:Myricks
1261:Whitman
1201:Length
1198:Opened
1055:Taunton
1016:Conrail
754:Orleans
699:Hyannis
592:Berkley
588:Myricks
539:to the
537:Whitman
482:Taunton
424:History
379:Hyannis
259:Newport
191:Pilgrim
119:⁄
3459:(1933)
3453:(1917)
3447:(1907)
3441:(1905)
3435:(1904)
3429:(1898)
3423:(1898)
3417:(1898)
3411:(1893)
3405:(1892)
3399:(1892)
3393:(1892)
3387:(1887)
3381:(1887)
3375:(1884)
3369:(1882)
3363:(1879)
3357:(1873)
3345:(1872)
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2969:
2934:,
2891:
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2479:Dedham
2393:Dedham
1227:Boston
1214:Notes
1082:Quincy
1028:Amtrak
909:Dedham
835:, the
788:Active
780:Katama
527:, and
449:, and
439:Lowell
435:Boston
322:Amtrak
271:Lowell
243:Boston
140:Length
67:Boston
63:Locale
3029:(PDF)
3004:JSTOR
2889:JSTOR
2822:JSTOR
2616:1903
2590:1896
2567:1890
2536:1871
2522:1891
2494:1888
2462:1888
2443:1888
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2079:1883
2050:1892
2022:1879
1996:1905
1976:1873
1947:1872
1916:1872
1897:1872
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1792:1882
1766:1875
1755:1875
1740:1874
1716:1869
1696:1866
1674:1864
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1568:1904
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1543:1904
1532:1871
1518:1892
1471:1888
1449:1888
1429:1887
1409:1885
1389:1877
1341:1872
1319:1871
1297:1848
1275:1847
1244:1845
1211:OCRR
1192:Line
451:Salem
443:Maine
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