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Massachusetts State Map

Class I Railroads

Boston & Maine

Connecticut River 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

Chicopee Jct to Chicopee Falls MA
completed by Connecticut River RR 1-1-1849
leased to Boston & Maine RR 1-1-1893

Deerfield MA to East Deerfield
1.04 miles
completed by Connecticut River RR 1-11-1906
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

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
to Fitchburg RR 4-22-1885

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

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

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

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

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

Boston & Lowell

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

North Cambridge Jct to Jefferson MA
completed by Massachusetts Central RR 1881
to Central Massachusetts RR 1-21-1884
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1886

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
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1880

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.
abandoned 1878

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
abandoned 1878
Rebuilt by Boston & Lowell RR as standard gauge 1885

Horn Pond Branch
abandoned 1919

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
leased to Boston & Lowell RR 1880

Boston & Lowell Boston original route
approximate location

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

Eastern RR

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
to Boston & Maine RR 6-1-1899

Danvers MA to North Andover
completed by Essex RR 1848
to Eastern RR 10-3-1872
to Boston & Maine RR control 1884
to Boston & Maine RR 6-1-1899

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
leased to Boston & Maine RR

Worcester MA to Nashua NH
completed by Worcester & Nashua RR 12-18-1848
to Worcester Nashua & Rochester RR 12-1-1883

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

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

Central Vermont Ry

Palmer MA to Amherst MA
Built by Amherst & Belchertown RR 1853
to Amherst Belchertown & Palmer RR 1-1-1859
to New London Northern RR 3-1-1864
leased to Central Vermont RR 12-1-1871
to New England Central RR 2-3-1995

Amherst MA to Millers Falls MA
Built by New London Northern RR 1866
leased to Central Vermont RR 12-1-1871
to New England Central RR 2-3-1995

Miller's Falls MA to Brattleboro VT
Built by Vermont & Massachusetts RR 1847-50
leased to Rutland RR 1870
leased to Vermont Central RR 1871
to New London Northern RR 1880
leased to Central Vermont RR
to New England Central RR 2-3-1995

Stafford CT to Palmer MA
Built by New London Willimantic & Palmer RR 1850
to New London Northern RR 3-30-1861
leased to Central Vermont RR 12-1-1871

New York Central

Boston & Albany

MA

Grand Junction RR
Built by Grand Junction RR & Depot Co ca1856
to East Boston Freight RR 1862
to Boston & Albany RR 1869

Worcester MA to NY/MA State Line
Built by Western RR 1836-1844
to Boston & Albany RR 12-1-1867
Built by Boston & Worcester RR 1835
leased to New York Central & Hudson River RR 7-1-1900
leased to New York Central RR 1914
to Penn Central RR 2-1-1968
to Conrail 4-1-1976

Boston MA to Worcester MA
Built by Boston & Worcester RR 1835
to Boston & Albany RR 12-1-1867
leased to New York Central & Hudson River RR 7-1-1900
leased to New York Central RR 1914
to Penn Central RR 2-1-1968
to Conrail 4-1-1976
East of Framingham to MBTA 1-27-1973
West of Framingham to CSX 6-1-1999, then to MBTA 2009

Newton Highlands to Riverside MA
Built by Boston & Albany RR 1884

Brookline to Newton Highlands MA
Built by Charles River Branch RR 1852
to New York & New England RR
to Boston & Albany RR

Millbury Jct to Millbury MA
Built by Boston & Worcester RR 1837
to Boston & Albany RR 12-1-1867
leased to New York Central & Hudson River RR 7-1-1900
leased to New York Central RR 1914
to Penn Central RR 2-1-1968
abandoned

Natick MA to Saxonville MA
to Conrail 4-1-1976?
abandoned

Riverside MA to Newton Lower Falls
to Conrail 4-1-1976?
abandoned

Milford MA to Holliston MA

Whitneys MA to S Framingham MA
to Conrail 4-1-1976

Holliston MA to Whitneys MA

Athol Jct to Indian Orchard MA
Built by Springfield Athol & Northeastern RR 1873
to Springfield & North-Eastern RR 7-31-1880
to Boston & Albany RR 7-8-1880?

Athol Jct existing
Built by Springfield Athol & Northeastern RR 1873
to Springfield & North-Eastern RR 7-31-1880
to Boston & Albany RR 7-8-1880?

Athol Jct new connection

Athol Jct abandoned
Built by Springfield Athol & Northeastern RR 1873
to Springfield & North-Eastern RR 7-31-1880
to Boston & Albany RR 7-8-1880?

Indian Orchard MA to Ludlow

Barretts to Bondsville MA

Ludlow MA to Barretts MA
abandoned 1930's?

Athol to Barretts MA
Built by Athol & Enfield RR 1869-1871
to Springfield Athol & Northeastern RR 2-6-1873
abandoned 1930's

Palmer MA to Gilbertville MA
Built by Ware River RR 1867-1870
leased to Boston & Albany RR 1873
to Massachusetts Central RR 1975

Gilbertville MA to South Barre
Built by Ware River RR 1873
leased to Boston & Albany RR 1873
to Massachusetts Central RR 1975

South Barre MA to Waterville MA
Built by Ware River RR 1873
leased to Boston & Albany RR 1873

Waterville MA to Winchendon MA
Built by Ware River RR 1873
to Boston & Maine RR 1968

South Spencer to Spencer MA
Built by Spencer RR 1879

East Brookfield MA to North Brookfield MA
Built by North Brookfield RR 1875-1876

Chester MA to Becket Quarry
Built by Chester & Becket RR 1896-1898

Pittsfield MA existing
Built by Pittsfield & North Adams RR 1846
leased to Western RR 1846
leased to Boston & Albany RR

Pittsfield MA to Adams MA
Built by Pittsfield & North Adams RR 1846
leased to Western RR 1846
leased to Boston & Albany RR

Adams to North Adams MA
Built by Pittsfield & North Adams RR 1846
leased to Western RR 1846
leased to Boston & Albany RR

Auburn MA to Webster MA
Built by Providence Webster & Springfield RR 1882-1884

Webster Mills to East Village MA
Built by Providence Webster & Springfield RR 1882-1884

New York New Haven & Hartford RR

NYNH&H Sidings & Spurs

MA Sidings & Spurs

Boston

Fort Point Branch

Turntable

From 1919 Bromley map

Mainline to Quincy & Braintree

Former New York & New England RR

Tariffville CT to Agawam MA
Built by Hartford & Connecticut Western RR 1902
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR control 1904
leased to Central New England Ry
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 1-1-1927
Feeding Hills to B&A Connection abandonment approved 9-8-1921
remainder abandoned 1938

Franklin MA to MA/RI State Line
Built by Rhode Island & Massachusetts RR 1877
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 10-26-1910
to Penn Central RR 12-31-1968?

Pascoag RI to Douglas Jct MA
Built by Providence & Springfield RR 1893
leased to New York & New England RR since 1890
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR control 1895
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 10-30-1905
see

Harwich MA to Chatham MA
Built by Chatham RR 1887
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 1905
to Penn Central RR 12-31-1968?

Holyoke MA to Westfield MA
Built by Holyoke and Westfield RR 1870-71
leased to New Haven & Northampton RR 1879
to Pioneer Valley RR 1982

Franklin MA to Bellingham Jct
Built by Milford Franklin & Providence RR 1883
to MBTA and CSX

Milford MA to Bellingham Jct MA
Built by Milford & Woonsocket RR 1868
to CSX

Milford MA to Ashland MA
Built by Hopkinton RR 1872
to Milford & Woonsocket RR 5-16-1884

North Milford to Fletcher's Quarry
Built by Hopkinton RR 1872?
to Milford & Woonsocket RR 5-16-1884
to Penn Central RR 12-31-1968?
to Conrail 4-1-1976?

Hartford & New Haven RR

MA/CT State Line to Springfield MA
Built by Hartford & Springfield RR 1844
to Hartford & New Haven RR 5-10-1847
to Amtrak 1976

Housatonic RR

Berkshire RR

CT/MA State Line to Rising Jct MA
Built by Berkshire RR 1842
leased to Housatonic RR 1-1-1843
to Boston & Maine RR 1982
to Housatonic RR 1-1991

Rising Jct to West Stockbridge MA
Built by Berkshire RR 1842

West Stockbridge MA to State Line
Built by West Stockbridge RR 1844
to Berkshire RR 6-30-1905

Pittsfield MA to Rising Jct
Built by Stockbridge & Pittsfield RR 1849
leased to Housatonic RR 1-25-1850
to Berkshire RR 6-30-1905
to Boston & Maine RR 1982
to Housatonic RR 1-1991

New York & New England RR

Springfield MA to MA/CT State Line
Built by Springfield & New London RR 1876
to New York & New England RR 7-29-1887
to New England RR 9-1-1895
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 1898
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 4-1908

Roxbury MA to Needham Jct
Built by New England RR 1906
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 4-1908
to MBTA 1970s

Hartford Providence & Fishkill RR

Boston Hartford & Erie RR

East Thompson CT to Southbridge MA
Construction started by Southern Midland RR
to Boston Hartford & Erie RR 9-8-1863
completed 1867
to New York & New England RR 9-30-1874
to New England RR 9-1-1895
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 1898
to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 4-1908

Boston MA to South Dedham MA
Built by Boston & New York Central RR 1855
to Midland RR 11-1-1858
to Midland Land Damage Co 6-14-1862
to Southern Midland RR 3-28-1863
to Boston Hartford & Erie RR 9-8-1863
to New York & New England RR 9-30-1874
to New England RR 9-1-1895
to MBTA and CSX

Dedham MA to Franklin MA
Built by Norfolk County RR 1849
to Boston & New York Central RR 12-12-1853
to Midland RR 11-1-1858
to Midland Land Damage Co 6-14-1862
to Southern Midland RR 3-28-1863
to Boston Hartford & Erie RR 9-8-1863
to MBTA and CSX

Blackstone MA to Franklin MA
Built by Norfolk County RR 1849
to Boston & New York Central RR 12-12-1853
to Midland RR 11-1-1858
to Midland Land Damage Co 6-14-1862
to Southern Midland RR 3-28-1863

Blackstone MA to MA/CT State Line
Construction started by Southbridge & Blackstone RR 1849
to Boston & New York Central RR 12-12-1853

Medway MA to Morth Wrentham MA
Built by Medway Branch RR 1849

Millis MA to MA/RI State Line
Built by New York & Boston RR 1863
to Midland Land Damage Co 1-14-1863??

Millis MA to Needham MA
Built by New York & Boston RR 1863
to Midland Land Damage Co 1-14-1863??
to

Needham MA to Cabot MA
Built by Charles River Branch RR 1853
to Charles River RR 11-1-1853
to New York & Boston RR 10-3-1855
to Midland Land Damage Co 1-14-1863??
to

Brookline to Newton Highlands MA
Built by Charles River Branch RR 1852
to New York & New England RR
to Boston & Albany RR
New York & New England retained trackage rights?
later NYNH&H

Cook St to Cabot MA
to Charles River RR 11-1-1853
to New York & Boston RR 10-3-1855

New Haven & Northampton Co

Northampton MA to Williamsburg MA
Built by New Haven & Northampton Co 1868

Northampton MA to Shelburn Jct MA
Built by New Haven & Northampton Co 1881
South Deerfield to Shelburne Jct abandonment authorized 7-18-1923
remainder abandoned ???
route uncertain south of North Hatfield

South Deerfield MA to Turner's Falls MA
Built by New Haven & Northampton Co 1881

Westfield MA to MA/CT State Line
Built by Hampshire & Hampden RR 1856
to New Haven & Northampton Co 7-1-1862

Westfield MA existing
Built by Hampshire & Hampden RR 1856
to New Haven & Northampton Co 7-1-1862
to Pioneer Valley RR 1982

Westfield MA to Northampton MA
Built by Hampshire & Hampden RR 1856
to New Haven & Northampton Co 7-1-1862

Norwich & Worcester RR

Worcester MA to MA/CT State Line
Built by Norwich & Worcester RR 1840
leased to Boston Hartford & Erie RR 1869
to Penn Central 12-31-1968
to Providence & Worcester RR 1976

Providence & Worcester RR

Millville MA to MA/RI State Line
Built by Providence & Worcester RR 1847
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 7-1-1892
to Providence & Worcester RR 12-30-1972

Worcester MA to Millville MA
Built by Providence & Worcester RR 1847
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 7-1-1892
to Providence & Worcester RR 12-30-1972

Old Colony RR

Boston & Providence RR

East Jct MA to MA/RI State Line
Built by Boston & Providence RR 1847
leased to Old Colony RR 4-1-1888
leased to New York New Haven & Hartford RR 3-1-1892
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973
passenger service by Amtral
freight service by Conrail 1976-1998
freight service by CSX via trackage rights after 8-1998

East Jct to MA/RI State Line
Built by Boston & Providence RR 1835
leased to Old Colony RR 4-1-1888
to ?

East Jct MA to Readville MA
Built by Boston & Providence RR 1835
leased to Old Colony RR 4-1-1888
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973
passenger service by Amtral
freight service by Conrail 1976-1998
freight service by CSX via trackage rights after 8-1998

Back Bay MA to Readville MA
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973
passenger service by Amtral
freight service by Conrail 1976-1998
freight service by CSX via trackage rights after 8-1998

Boston South Station to Back Bay

Readville MA existing

Readville MA to Dedham MA
to CSX 8-1998

Forest Hills MA to West Roxbury MA
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973?

West Roxbury MA to Dedham MA
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973?

Canton Jct to Stoughton MA
Built by Stoughton Branch RR 1873
to Boston & Providence RR 2-6-1873
to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 1973?

Old Colony & Newport Ry

Boston MA to Plymouth MA
Built by Old Colony RR 1845
to Old Colony & Fall River RR 9-30-1854
to Old Colony & Newport Ry 8-5-1863
to Old Colony RR 9-30-1872
to MBTA

North Plymouth to Plymouth MA
Built by Old Colony RR 1845
to Old Colony & Fall River RR 9-30-1854
to Old Colony & Newport Ry 8-5-1863
to Old Colony RR 9-30-1872

Whitman MA to Stanley MA
Built by Old Colony RR 1847
to Old Colony & Fall River RR 9-30-1854
to Old Colony & Newport Ry 8-5-1863
to Old Colony RR 9-30-1872

Fall River MA to Myricks MA
Built by Fall River RR 1846
to CSX

Myricks MA to Middleborough MA
Built by Fall River RR 1846

Braintree MA to Middleborough MA
Built by Fall River RR 1846

Atlantic MA to Montclair MA
Built by Old Colony & Newport Ry ca1862
to CSX

Harrison Square MA to Shawmut
Construction started by Old Colony & Newport Ry
completed 1872

West Quincy MA to Braintree MA
Construction started by Old Colony & Newport Ry
route approximate where interstate now built

RI

Fall River MA to MA/RI State Line
Built by Newport & Fall River RR 1846

Braintree MA to Stoughton Jct
Built by Dighton & Somerset RR 1866

Braintree Highlands existing
Built by Dighton & Somerset RR 1866

Somerset Jct to Weir Jct MA
Built by Dighton & Somerset RR 1866

Taunton MA to Easton MA

Weir Jct to Taunton MA
to Bay Colony RR

Stoughton Jct to Easton MA
Built by Shawmut RR 1855

Cape Cod RR

Middleborough MA to Yarmouth MA
Built by Cape Cod RR 1848-1872
to State of Massachusetts
leased to Bay Colony RR 6-12-1982
leased to Massachusetts Coastal RR 1-1-2008

Yarmouth MA to Bass River MA
Built by Cape Cod Central RR 1865
to Cape Cod RR 7-28-1868
to State of Massachusetts
leased to Bay Colony RR 6-12-1982
leased to Massachusetts Coastal RR 1-1-2008

Bass River MA to South Dennis MA
Built by Cape Cod Central RR 1865
to Cape Cod RR 7-28-1868
to State of Massachusetts
leased to Bay Colony RR 6-12-1982
leased to Massachusetts Coastal RR 1-1-2008?

South Dennis MA to Orleans MA
Built by Cape Cod Central RR 1865
to Cape Cod RR 7-28-1868

Orleans MA to Wellfleet MA
Built by Cape Cod RR 1870

Wellfleet MA to Provincetown MA
Construction started by Cape Cod RR

Woods Hole MA to North Falmouth MA
Construction started by Cape Cod RR

Buzzards Bay MA to North Falmouth MA
Construction started by Cape Cod RR
leased to Massachusetts Coastal RR 1-1-2008

Yarmouth MA to Hyannis MA
Built by Cape Cod RR 1848-1854

Hyannis MA to Hyannis Wharf
Built by Cape Cod RR 1848-1872

Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR

Taunton MA to New Bedford MA
Built by New Bedford & Taunton RR 1840
to New Bedford RR 3-20-1873
to Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR 5-31-1876
leased to Old Colony RR 1879

Taunton MA to Cranes
Built by Taunton Branch RR 1836
to New Bedford RR 2-2-1874
to Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR 5-31-1876
leased to Old Colony RR 1879

Cranes MA to Mansfield MA
Built by Taunton Branch RR 1836
to New Bedford RR 2-2-1874
to Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR 5-31-1876
leased to Old Colony RR 1879

Attleboro Jct to Attleboro MA
Built by Taunton Branch RR 1871

Mansfield MA to South Framingham MA
Built by Mansfield & Framingham RR 1870
to Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 5-31-1875

Framingham MA to Northborough MA
Built by Agricultural Branch RR 1855
to Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 4-17-1867

Northborough MA to Pratt Jct
Built by Agricultural Branch RR 1866
to Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 4-17-1867

Pratt Jct to Leominster MA
Built by Fitchburg & Worcester RR 1850

Fitchburg MA to Leominster MA
Built by Fitchburg & Worcester RR 1850

Pratt Jct to Sterling Jct MA
Built by Fitchburg & Worcester RR 1850

Marlborough Jct to Marlborough MA
Built by Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 1875?

Clinton MA to Lancaster Mills MA
Built by Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 1875

Lancaster Mills abandoned
Built by Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR 1875

New Bedford abandoned
Built by New Bedford RR 1873

Fairhaven MA to Tremont MA
Built by Fairhaven Branch RR 1854
to New Bedford & Taunton RR 7-1-1861

Middleborough MA to Taunton MA
Built by Middleborough & Taunton RR 1856

Framingham Center to Sudbury MA
Built by Framingham & Lowell RR 1871
to Lowell & Framingham RR 9-29-1881

Sudbury MA to Lowell MA
Built by Framingham & Lowell RR 1871
to Lowell & Framingham RR 9-29-1881

Braintree MA to Cohasset
Built by South Shore RR 1849
to MBTA
abandoned east of East Braintree
track relaid

Cohasset MA to Greenbush MA
Built by Duxbury & Cohasset RR 1871
to MBTA
track relaid

Greenbush MA to South Duxbury MA
Built by Duxbury & Cohasset RR 1871

Kingston MA to South Duxbury MA
Built by Duxbury & Cohasset RR 1874

Neponset MA to Mattapan MA
Built by Dorchester & Milton Branch RR 1847

North Abington MA to Hanover MA
Built by Hanover Branch RR 1868

Fall River MA to Warren RI
Built by Fall River Warren & Providence RR 1865

Mt Pleasant MA to North Westport MA
to Bay Colony RR

North Westport MA to Watuppa MA

Nantasket Jct to Nantasket MA
Built by Boston Hingham & Hull RR 1881
to Nantasket Beach RR 3-21-1881

Nantasket Beach to Allerton MA
Built by Nantasket Beach RR 1880

Pemberton MA to Allerton MA
Built by Hull & Nantasket Beach RR 1881
to Nantasket Beach RR 3-21-1881

Plymouth MA to Middleborough MA
Built by Plymouth & Middleborough RR 1892
leased to Old Colony RR 12-1892

Matfield MA to Easton MA

Whittenton Jct to Raynham MA

Elmwood MA to Westdale MA

Walpole Jct to North Attleboro MA

Walpole Jct to Norwood Jct MA

North Attleboro MA to Adamsdale MA

Attleboro MA to North Attleboro MA
Built by Old Colony RR? 1871

Harlem River & Port Chester RR

New York Connecting RR

Massachusetts Shortlines

Boston Revere Beach & Lynn RR

East Boston to Lynn MA
Built by Boston Revere Beach & Lynn RR 1874-75 as 36" gauge
electrified by 1928

Wintrop Jct to Winthrop Beach MA
Built by Boston Wintrop & Point Shirley RR 1874-81 as 36" gauge
to Boston Wintrop & Shore RR 12-11-1883
to Boston Revere Beach & Lynn RR 7-1-1891
electrified

Wintrop Beach to Wintrop
Built by Boston Wintrop & Shore RR 1888 as 36" gauge
to Boston Revere Beach & Lynn RR 7-1-1891
electrified

Boston Terminal Co

ca 1920 val map

Fore River RR

Fore River to Quincy Point MA
Built by Fore River Shipbuilding Corp. 1902
to Fore River RR 4-30-1919
see http://www.mwra.com/03sewer/html/railroad.htm

Grafton & Upton RR

Grafton to North Grafton MA
Built by Grafton Centre RR 1874 as 36" gauge
to Grafton & Upton RR 1888
converted to standard gauge 1887
electrified 1902

Grafton to Milford MA
Built by Grafton & Upton RR 1889
electrified north of Hopedale 1902
remainder electrified 1919

Street Railway line
Built by Upton Street Railway ca1899
to Grafton & Upton RR 6-19-1902

Hampden RR

Athol Jct to Bondsville
Built by Hampden RR 1910-13
NEVER OPERATED

Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington RR

Hoosac Tunnel MA to Readsboro VT
Built by Deerfield River Co. 1883 as 36: gauge
to Deerfield Valley RR 12-1891
to Hoosac Tunnel& Wilmington RR 1891
to standard gauge 1913

Readsboro VT to Wilmington VT
Built by Deerfield Valley RR 1891 as 36" gauge
to Hoosac Tunnel& Wilmington RR 1891
to standard gauge 1913
abandoned 1930's
route in lake approximate

rerouted line
Built 1922
route uncertain