Boston & Maine.kmz

Boston & Maine

Connecticut River RR

Dole Jct NH to Brattleboro VT
7.47 miles
completed by Connecticut River RR 6-23-1913
leased to Boston & Maine RR

Springfield MA to Cabotville (Chicopee Jct)
3.90 miles
completed by Northampton & Springfield RR 2-28-1845
to Connecticut River RR 7-8-1845
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1893

Cabotville (Chicopee Jct) to MA/VT State Line
48.53 miles
completed by Connecticut River RR 1-1-1849
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1893

Keene NH to South Vernon VT
completed by Ashuelot RR 12-1-1850
to Connecticut River RR 2-7-1890
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1893

Chicopee Jct to Chicopee Falls MA
completed by Connecticut River RR 1-1-1849

Deerfield MA to East Deerfield
leased to Boston & Maine RR

Mt Tom Jct to Easthampton MA
completed by Mount Tom & Easthampton RR 12-1-1871
to Connecticut River RR 7-1-1872
leased to Boston & Maine RR

Fitchburg RR

Cambridge to Waltham MA
completed by Fitchburg RR 12-20-1843
mapped by Robin Hillyard

South Acton MA to Feltonham (Hudson) MA
completed by Fitchburg RR 7-1850
mapped by Robin Hillyard

Hudson MA to Marlborough MA
completed by Marlborough Branch RR 1855
to Marlborough & Feltonville Branch RR 1860
to Fitchburg RR 4-15-1862
mapped by Robin Hillyard

NH/MA State Line to Greenville NH
completed by Peterborough & Shirley RR 1-1-1851
to Fitchburg RR 1-30-1860

Ayer MAto MA/NH State Line
completed by Peterborough & Shirley RR 7-1850
to Fitchburg RR 1-30-1860

Ashburnham Branch
completed by Ashburnham RR 1-1-1874

Worcester MA to Winchendon MA
completed by Boston Barre & Gardner RR 1-1-1874

South Ashburnham, MA to Bellows Falls, VT
completed by Cheshire RR 1/1849

South Ashburnham, MA to Bellows Falls, VT
completed by Cheshire RR 1/1849
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1900

Brookline NH to MA/NH State Line
completed by Brookline RR 9-7-1892
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1900

Squannacook Jct. MA to MA/NH state line
completed by Brookline & Pepperell RR 9/7/1892

Winchendon MA to Peterborough NH
completed by Monadnock RR 6-10-1871

Boston to Fitchburg MA
Built by Fitchburg RR 1843-45

Brookline NH to Milford NH
completed by Brokkline & Milford RR 11-15-1894
leased by Boston & Maine RR 1900

Baldwinville MA to Fitchburg MA
completed by Vermont & Massachusetts RR 9-1847
leased to Fitchburg RR 1874

Athol MA to Baldwinville MA
completed by Vermont & Massachusetts RR 1-1-1848
leased to Fitchburg RR 1874

Millers Falls MA to Athol MA
completed by Vermont & Massachusetts RR 1-12-1849
leased to Fitchburg RR 1874

Greenfield MA to Millers Falls MA
completed by Vermont & Massachusetts RR 12-15-1850

Turners Falls Jct to Turners Falls MA

Shelbourne Falls MA to Greenfield MA
completed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1-1-1868

Hoosac Tunnel MA to Shelbourne Falls MA
completed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts 8-15-1868

Hoosac Tunnel MA to North Adams MA
completed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4-5-1875

North Adams MA to MA/VT State Line
completed by Troy & Greenfield RR 4-1-1859
to Commonwealth of Massachusetts 10-13-1862

VT/MA State Line to VT/NY State Line
completed by Southern Vermont RR 4-1-1859
to Troy & Greenfield RR 4-21-1860
to Commonwealth of Massachusetts 10-13-1862

VT/NY State Line to Hoosick Falls NY
completed by Troy & Boston RR 8-1852

Troy NY to Hoosick Falls NY
completed by Troy & Boston RR 8-1852

Rotterdam Jct NY to Mechanicville NY
completed by Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western Ry 1885

Mechanicville NY to NY/VT State Line
completed by Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western Ry 1-1-1879

Mechanicville NY to Wayville NY
completed by Hoosac Tunnel & Saratoga Ry 7-1-1882
to Troy Saratoga & Northern Ry 9-2-1886

Wayville NY to Saratoga Springs NY
completed by Saratoga Lake Ry 7-1-1882
to Troy Saratoga & Northern Ry 9-2-1886

Schyler Jct to Schylerville NY
completed by Hoosac Tunnel & Saratoga Ry 7-1-1882
to Troy Saratoga & Northern Ry 9-2-1886

Mechanicville NY to Stillwater NY

Hoosick Jct to VT/NY State Line
completed by Troy & Bennington RR 8-1-1852
leased to Fitchburg RR

Boston old alignment

Boston area trackage
mapped from Bromley maps aligned with 6-18-2010 Google photos

Untitled Path

Freight House No 5

Fitchburg Station Boston

Concord & Montreal

Wing Road to Mt Washington NH
completed by Boston Concord & Montreal RR 7-6-1879
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1884
to Concord & Montreal RR 1-1-1890
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1895

Littleton NH to Groveton VT
completed by Boston Concord & Montreal RR 7-6-1879
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1884
to Concord & Montreal RR 1-1-1890

Woodsville NH to Littleton NH
completed by White Mountains RR ca1848
leased to Boston Concord & Montreal RR 1859
to Boston Concord & Montreal RR 3-13-1873
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1884
to Concord & Montreal RR 1-1-1890

Concord NH to Wells River VT
completed by Boston Concord & Montreal RR 5-10-1853

Candia NH to Manchester NH
completed by Concord & Portsmouth RR 1862
leased to Concord & Montreal RR

Portsmouth NH to Candia NH
completed by Portsmouth & Concord RR 8-1-1852
to Concord & Portsmouth RR 1857
leased to Concord & Montreal RR

Candia to Suncook NH
completed by Portsmouth & Concord RR 8-1-1852
to Concord & Portsmouth RR 1857
abandoned 1860

Manchester NH to Henniker NH
completed by Manchester & North Weare RR 10-10-1850
North Weare to Henniker abandoned 1858
rebuilt by Concord & Montreal RR 1893

Whitefield NH to Berlin NH
built by Concord & Montreal RR 1891-93
to Guilford Transportation 1983
to New Hampshire & Vermont RR 1989
abandoned 1996

Bethlehem Jct to Profile House NH
Built as logging railroad of Gale River Lumber Co 1874
abandoned 1878
rebuilt by Profile & Franconia Notch RR as 36" gauge 1878

Bethlehem Jct to Bethlehem NH
Built by Profile & Franconia Notch RR as 36" gauge 1881

Meadows NH to Jefferson NH

Plymouth NH to North Woodstock NH
21 miles
completed by Pemigewasset Valley RR 2-1-1883
leased to Concord & Montreal RR

North Woodstock NH to Lincoln NH
1 mile
completed by Pemigewasset Valley RR 1894

Concord NH to Nashua NH
completed by Concord RR 9-1-1842

Bow Jct to Suncook NH
completed by Portsmouth & Concord RR 12/11/1849 or 8/18/1852
to Concord RR

Hookset NH to Suncook NH
The Manchester and Lawrence held 2/5 interest in this property at the demise of the Concord RR. Interest later surrendered to The Concord & Montreal RR

Suncook NH to Pittsfield NH
completed by Suncook Valley RR 1-1-1870

Pittsfield NH to Centre Barnstead NH
built by Suncook Valley Extension RR 10-24-1899

Franklin Jct NH to Tilton NH
completed by Franklin & Tilton RR 6-27-1892

Lakeport NH to Alton Bay NH
completed by Lake Shore RR 6-17-1890

Grasmere Jct to Milford NH
completed by Concord & Montreal RR 12-1900

Parker to New Boston NH
completed by New Boston RR 6-26-1893

Belmont Jct to Belmont NH
completed by Tilton & Belmont RR 8-17-1889

Nashua NH to North Acton MA
Built by Nashua Acton & Boston RR 1873
to Nashua & Acton RR 3-28-1906
abandonment approved 4-8-1925

Boston & Lowell

East Somerville to Charlestown MA
completed by Boston & Lowell RR 6-1873
to Boston & Maine RR

Newport VT to VT Canada Line
completed by Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RR 5-1-1867
leased to Boston & Lowell RR
leased to Canadian Pacific RR 1926
purchased by Canadian Pacific RR 1940's

Barton VT to Newport VT
completed by Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RR 12-5-1863
leased to Boston & Lowell RR
leased to Canadian Pacific RR 1926
purchased by Canadian Pacific RR 1940's

St Johnsbury VT to Barton VT
completed by Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RR 12-10-1850
leased to Boston & Lowell RR
leased to Canadian Pacific RR 1926
purchased by Canadian Pacific RR 1940's

Wells River VT to St Johnsbury VT

Bradford VT to Wells River VT

White River Jct VT to Bradford VT

Peterborough to Hillsborough
completed by Peterborough & Hillsborough RR 7-28-1878
leased to Northern RR

Claremont NH to Bradford NH
completed by Sugar River RR 9-1872
to Concord & Claremont New Hampshire RR 10-31-1873
leased to Northern RR
Leased to Boston & Lowell RR

Concord NH to White River Jct
Built by Northern RR 1846-48
Leased to Boston & Lowell RR

North Cambridge Jct to Jefferson MA
completed by Massachusetts Central RR 1881
to Central Massachusetts RR 1-21-1884

Central Massachusetts RR - Clinton Link
After the Central Massachusetts was flooded by the Wachusett Reservoir in 1903, the company (now the Boston & Maine) built this link to connect to its Worcester, Nashua and Portland line. This segment includes a tunnel and a viaduct.

Jefferson to Northampton MA
Built by Central Massachusetts RR 1887-88
Belchertown to Northampton- There is evidence that the line near Belchertown was separate from the New London Northern (Central Vermont) but I will have to check it out on the ground.
History and mapping by Robin Hillyard

Jefferson MA to Northampton MA
Built by Central Massachusetts RR 1887-88
Most of this section was abandoned by 1940 (after the great Hurricane of 1938) and the line is very difficult to follow in places. For much of this section, it essentially parallels the Ware River RR.
History and mapping by Robin Hillyard

North Chelmsford MA to Ayer MA
completed by Stony Brook RR 7-6-1848
leased to Nashua & Lowell RR 1848

Concord to Reformatory
completed by Boston & Lowell RR 1879

new connection
completed by Boston & Lowell RR 12-1-1870

Lexington MA to Concord MA
Built by Middlesex Central RR 8-1-1873
to Boston & Lowell RR 4-27-1883

Arlington (West Cambridge) to Lexington
completed by Lexington & West Cambridge RR 9-1-1846
to Lexington & Arlington RR 5-7-1867
to Boston & Lowell RR 1-6-1870

Billerica & Bedford: Route of original Narrow Gauge
This is the original route of the Billerica and Bedford Railroad when it was fir
original route of the Billerica and Bedford Railroad when it was first constructed as a narrow gauge line in 1877.

North Billerica to Bedford
K9K234RDK1: 49. Billerica and Bedford. Originally built in narrow gauge (1877)
Built by Billerica and Bedford RR 1877 as narrow gauge
Rebuilt by Boston & Lowell RR as standard gauge 1885

Horn Pond Branch

Woburn Loop
Winchester to Woburn completed by Boston & Lowell RR 12-30-1844
Woburn to North Woburn Jct completed by Boston & Lowell RR 11-30-1885

Lowell and Andover RR
Mapped by Robin Hillyard
Taken from J.B. Beers & Co. 1875 Atlas of Massachusetts

Montvale MA to Stoneham
completed by Stoneham Branch RR 7-1-1863
to Boston & Lowell RR 4-15-1870

Peabody MA to Tewksbury MA
completed by Salem & Lowell RR 8-5-1850

Boston to Lowell MA
completed by Boston & Lowell RR 6-24-1835

Lowell MA to Lawrence MA
completed by Lowell & Lawrence RR 7-1-1848

Lowell MA to Nashua NH
completed by Nashua & Lowell RR 12-23-1838

Wilton NH to Amherst (Ponemah) NH
7 miles
completed by Wilton RR 6-10-1851
operated by Nashua & Lowell RR

Nashua NH to Amherst (Ponemah) NH
8 miles
completed by Wilton RR 11-23-1848
operated by Nashua & Lowell RR

Greenfield NH to Wilton NH
completed by Peterborough RR 7-1-1874
operated by Nashua & Lowell RR

Greenfield NH to Keene NH
completed by Manchester & Keene RR 8-14-1878
went bankrupt 1880
operated by Connecticut River RR 1880-1882
bought by Concord RR and Boston & Lowell RR 5-14-1884

Franklin Jct to Bristol NH
completed by Franklin & Bristol RR 7-1-1848
to Northern RR 1-31-1849
Leased to Boston & Lowell RR

Concord NH to Bradford NH
completed by Concord & Claremont RR 7-10-1850
to Merrimack and Connecticut River RR 1-8-1853
to Concord & Claremont New Hampshire RR 10-31-1873
leased to Northern RR

Contoocook NH to Hillsborough NH
completed by Contoocook Valley RR 1849
to Contoocook River RR 10-29-1858
to Concord & Claremont New Hampshire RR 10-31-1873

Boston & Lowell Boston original route
approximate location

Boston & Lowell new route into Boston
shown on 1883 map as "new route"

VT/Canada Line to Lennoxville
Built by Massawippi Valley Ry
leased to Canadian Pacific Ry 6-1-1926
subleased to Quebec Central Ry 6-1-1926

Beebe Jct to Stanstead
Built by Massawippi Valley Ry
leased to Canadian Pacific Ry 6-1-1926
subleased to Quebec Central Ry 6-1-1926

Eastern RR

Portland ME to ME/NH State Line
Built by Portland, Saco and Portsmouth RR 1842
Leased jointly by Boston & Maine RR and Eastern Ry 1-28-1843
to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1900

Portland, ME to ME/NH State Line
Built by Portland, Saco and Portsmouth RR 1842
Leased jointly by Boston & Maine RR and Eastern Ry 1-28-1843
to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1900

South Danvers (Peabody) to Wakefield Jct
completed by South Reading Branch RR 9-2-1850??
to Eastern RR 1851
to Boston & Maine RR control 12-1884
to Boston & Maine RR 6-1-1899

Salem to Danvers MA
completed by Essex RR 1848
to Eastern RR 10-3-1872
to Boston & Maine RR control 1884

Danvers MA to North Andover
completed by Essex RR 1848
to Eastern RR 10-3-1872
to Boston & Maine RR control 1884

Salem & Lawrence RR (#2)
Middleton to Lawrence. Very approx in parts esp. between Middleton and Andover.

Hamilton to Asbury Grove MA
completed by Eastern RR
route approximate

Malden MA to West Lynn MA
completed by Saugus Branch RR 2-1-1853
to Eastern RR 11-2-1853

Salem MA to Marblehead MA
Completed by Eastern RR 12-10-1839

Boston MA to ME/NH State Line
Built by Eastern RR 1836-38
route in East Boston approximate

Beverly MA to Gloucester MA
Completed by Eastern RR 12-1-1847

Gloucester MA to Rockport MA
completed by Rockport RR 11-4-1861

Salisbury MA to Amesbury MA
Completed by Eastern RR 1-1-1848

Swampscott to Marblehead
completed by Eastern RR 10-21-1873

Wenham MA to Essex MA
completed by Essex Branch RR 7-1-1872

Grand Junction RR
built by Grand Junction RR & Depot Co 1849
leased to Eastern RR3-1852

Eastern RR Boston
Built by Eastern RR ca 1854
location approximate

Grand Junction connection
built by Eastern RR 1854

Nashua NH to Rochester NH 1
completed by Nashua & Rochester RR 4-1-1876
to Worcester Nashua & Rochester RR 12-1-1883

Nashua NH to Rochester NH 3
completed by Nashua & Rochester RR 4-1-1876
to Worcester Nashua & Rochester RR 12-1-1883

Nashua NH to Rochester NH 2
completed by Nashua & Rochester RR 4-1-1876
to Worcester Nashua & Rochester RR 12-1-1883

Georgetown MA to Danvers MA
completed by Danvers & Georgetown RR 10-1-1854
to Newburyport RR 2-22-1855

Georgetown MA to Newburyport MA
completed by Newburyport RR 5-23-1850

Newburyport
completed by Newburyport RR 5-23-1850

Georgetown MA to Bradford MA
completed by Newburyport RR 9-23-1851

Danvers Jct to Wakefield Jct
completed by Danvers RR 10-24-1854

Wilmington MA to MA/NH State Line
Construction started by Andover & Wilmington RR 1836
to Andover & Haverhill RR 4-5-1837
to Boston & Portland RR 4-3-1839
completed 1840

MA/NH State Line to NH/ME State Line
Built by Boston & Maine RR 1840-43

ME/NH State Line to Agamenticus ME
Completed by Maine New Hampshire & Massachusetts RR 2-2-1843

Wilmington Jct to Boston MA
Built by Boston & Maine RR Extension Co 1845

Manchester & Lawrence RR
mapped by Richard Hillyard

Portland ME to Bar Mills ME
completed by York & Cumberland RR 4-1851
to Portland & Rochester RR 11-1-1865
Portland to Westbrook sold to Portland Terminal Co
Rochester to Cumberland Mills to Sanford & Eastern RR 1948
Springvale to Rochester abandoned 1954
Cumberland to Springvale abandoned 1961

South Berwick ME to Portland ME
Built by Boston & Maine RR completed 2-15-1873

Kennebunk & Kennebunkport RR
Built by Kennebunk & Kennebunkport RR 1883

Andover & Wilmington RR
old alignment of main line
new line built 1848 and old line abandoned

Rollingsford NH to Somersworth
Completed by Boston & Maine RR 6-24-1843

Quarry Spur

Medford Jct to Medford MA
Completed by Boston & Maine RR 3-1-1847

South Lawrence to MA/NH State Line
completed by Boston & Maine RR 8-27-1849

Bar Mills ME to Rochester NH
completed by Portland & Rochester RR 7-1-1871
Rochester to Cumberland Mills to Sanford & Eastern RR 1948
Springvale to Rochester abandoned 1954
Cumberland to Springvale abandoned 1961

Somersworth NH to Union NH
completed by Great Falls & Conway RR 3-5-1849
to Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway RR 12-26-1865

Union NH to Conway NH
completed by Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway RR 1874

North Conway NH to Intervale NH
built by Boston & Maine RR 1892

Dover NH to Alton Bay NH
completed by Cocheco RR 9-1851
to Dover and Winnipissogee RR 4-22-1863

Newton Jct to West Amesbury (Merrimac)
completed by West Amesbury Branch RR 1-9-1873

Lowell Jct to Lowell MA
completed by Lowell & Andover RR 12-1-1874

Worcester MA to Nashua NH
completed by Worcester & Nashua RR 12-18-1848

Pepperell Connector
Connects Worcester and Nashua with Brookline and Pepperell. Built 1940 to allow closure of the Brookline and Pepperell.
Mapping and history by Robin Hillyard

Portsmouth to Dover NH
completed by Portsmouth & Dover RR 2-1-1874

Kittery to US Navy Yard
completed by York Harbor & Beach RR 1902
merged into Boston & Maine RR 3-19-1923

Kittery Jct to York Beach ME
completed by York Harbor & Beach RR 8-8-1887
merged into Boston & Maine RR 3-19-1923

Old Orchard to Camp Ellis ME
completed by Orchard Beach RR 6-26-1880
abandonment approved 7-23-1924
route approximate
based on USGS topo map

Jewett to Crocketts
completed by Great Falls & South Berwick RR 2-5-1855
to Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway RR 12-26-1865

Brattleboro VT to Bellows Falls VT
completed by Vermont Valley RR 6-23-1851
merged into Boston & Maine RR 3-19-1923

Bellows Falls VT to Windsor VT
completed by Sullivan RR 2-6-1849
to Sullivan County RR 7-20-1866
leased to Vermont Valley RR

Boston Everett spur

Boston area trackage
based on Bromley maps overlaid on 6-18-2010 Google photos

Eastern RR Depot
Used before North Station built in 1893

Boston & Lowell Depot
Used before North Station built in 1893

Boston & Maine Boston Depot
used before North Station built in 1893

2010 trackage

Kilkenny Branch
built for logging purposes
shown on USGS topo map Mt Washington 1894 as a Boston & Maine branch
not shown on adjacent map dated 1934
owned by Kilkenny Lumber Co and possibly not part of Boston & Maine

Portland spur
completed by York & Cumberland RR 4-1851
to Portland & Rochester RR 11-1-1865
Portland to Westbrook sold to Portland Terminal Co

Union Branch
completed by Portland & Rochester RR ca1882
sold to Portland Terminal Co

Wakefield (Sanbornville) NH to Wolfeboro NH
Completed by Wolfeborough RR 8-19-1872

Kilkenny Branch
built for logging purposes
shown on USGS topo map Mt Washington 1894 as a Boston & Maine branch
not shown on adjacent map dated 1934
parts visible on aerial photos
owned by Kilkenny Lumber Co and possibly not part of Boston & Maine