(1968) Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH. 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. The Maynard Branch, Saugus Branch, Essex Branch, and Stoneham Branch were cut, and the Central Mass Branch was cut from Clinton to Hudson. site.). Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. The B&M flourished with the growth of New England's mill towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but still faced financial struggles. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. Boston & Maine Railroad. Nashua Street Railway Bay State Street Railway Manchester & Nashua Street Railway 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. Author's work. This abandoned railway shows up as a Boston & Maine railroad line as early as 1895. Howe trusses, - On December 1, 1919, the B&M purchased the Fitchburg Railroad. Duplication Services Web site. After the B&M takeover the property became known as its Fitchburg Division. 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 . From January, 1963 to March, 1964, the state Mass Transportation Commission funded an experiment testing various fares and service levels on the two railroads. Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction, - advise you in both how to fill out a call slip and when the item can be served. The postwar period proved especially problematic for the B&M. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. American-Rails.com collection. The route prospered until the postwar period; the last passenger train ran on January 3, 1965. Do the Access Advisory or Call Number fields above indicate that a non-digital surrogate exists, By 1980, though still a sick company, the B&M started turning around thanks to aggressive marketing and its purchase of a cluster of branch lines in Connecticut. railroad companies, - Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Finally, onMay 10, 1853 rails reached Wells River, Vermont on May 10, 1853. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire. Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Concord & Montreal Railroad, Boston & Maine Railroad, William Howe, Guilford Transportation, New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad, New Hampshire Division Of Parks And Recreation, et al., Lowe, Jet, photographer. site.). Download Image of Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH. American-Rails.com collection. The Boston and Maine Railroad ( reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. covered bridges, - The Howe truss was favored by railroads for its rigidity and simple framing connections, and was used extensively on railroad lines in the United States and Europe in the nineteenth century. To contact Reference staff in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, please use our Author's collection. a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. This was primarily the main line from Boston west via the Hoosac Tunnel to the Albany, New York, area, with various branches. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as (Both branches are abandoned as well.) record ("About This Item") with your request. After the Great Depression hit the WN&P was looked upon as redundant. "Agents and Stations White Mts. a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is Library of Congress Duplication Services. For information about reproducing, publishing, and citing material from this collection, as well as access to the original items, see: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information, If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH Contributor Names Historic American Engineering Record, creator Concord & Montreal Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Howe, William Guilford Transportation New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad 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. [7]:15, After the major cuts by the B&M and the New Haven Railroad in the late 1950s, public opinion in Massachusetts began to favor supporting Boston commuter service to prevent it from being cut entirely. 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). This little system ran from a connection at Franklin to Bristol, New Hampshire. 5:00 at 202-707-6394, and Press 3. This system offered rail service from North Berwick into Portland, a city the B&M was attempting to serve. While it was accepted that wood bridges might have a shorter service life that steel bridges, they were economical to build, could be easily repaired, and gave evidence of distress long before failure. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. The Fitchburg was incorporated onMarch 3, 1842, opening between Boston and Fitchburg onMarch 5, 1845. Boston-Maine Airways was established in March 1999 and started operations in May 2000. It was shipped to Cleveland for extensive testing. 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. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. American-Rails.com collection. Along with this railroad came the Ashuelot Railroad, which had been acquired in 1877. Boston to Maine by bus The bus journey time between Boston and Maine is around 2h 22m and covers a distance of around 114 miles. well. It worked its way northward out of Boston and reached the New Hampshire state line onNovember 9, 1840. For information about reproducing, publishing, and citing material from this collection, as well as access to the original items, see: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information, If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. 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). Up until CSX Transportation acquired Pan Am Railways on June 1, 2022, Boston & Maine Corporation continued to exist, but only as a non-operating ward of PAR. [8]:154 (Portland continued to see service to Boston on the Western Route through Dover, New Hampshire.) 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. Coos County New Hampshire Gorham, 1968. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/nh0298/. NS transferred cash and other property valued at $140 million to the joint venture, $87.5 million of which was expected to be invested within a three-year period in capital improvements on the Patriot Corridor, such as terminal expansions, track and signal upgrades. [7]:89, The B&M became unprofitable in 1958 and moved to shed its money-losing passenger operations. Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH. Aside from theEast Wind, theGullcovered the greatest territory; a passenger taking this train its entire length boarded at Boston and de-trained atHalifax, Nova Scotia. Significance: Snyder Brook Bridge is one of eight boxed pony truss bridges remaining in North America. available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or microfilm. Shipping list no. Sir William regrets the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire. Stations. By the early 1980s the B&M had erased its deficits, an incredible feat considering the state of the industry in this region at the time. At the end of 1970, B&M operated 1,515 route-miles (2,438km) on 2,481 miles (3,993km) of track, not including Springfield Terminal. the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on [12] The final B&M line to lose passenger service was the Woburn Branch (former Woburn Loop), which was cut on January 30, 1981, due to poor track quality. Railways/CSX Transportation. After the Eastern's acquisition by the B&M, it became the B&M's Eastern Division, in distinction to the B&M's Western Division, its previous (and still current) main line a little farther inland. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. Dario Gasparini led the engineering studies at Case Western Reserve University. Media related to Boston and Maine Railroad at Wikimedia Commons, New York/Washington trains via Springfield, 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1949, Boston & Maine section, pp. The Boston and Maine Railroad was chartered in New Hampshire on June 27, 1835, and the Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad was incorporated March 12, 1839, in Maine, both companies continuing the proposed line to South Berwick, Maine. The B&M took on a stance of deferred maintenance and its infrastructure fell apart during the 1960s; coupled with declining traffic the railroad entered receivership on February 1, 1970. Historic American Engineering Record, C., Concord & Montreal Railroad, Boston & Maine Railroad, Howe, W., Guilford Transportation, New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad [] Duwadi, S. R., Lowe, J., photographer. The railroad operated major yards in Boston, East Deerfield, Rigby, and Mechanicville while its primary maintenance facilities were located at North Billerica, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire. Is the item digitized? American-Rails.com collection. [12] After out-of-district communities agreed to subsidies, service was re-extended to Ayer, Lowell, Ipswich, and Rockport on June 28. If only black-and-white ("b&w") sources are listed and you desire a copy showing An Electro-Motive builder's photo featuring freshly-outshopped Boston & Maine GP9 #1701 in early 1957. castings, - This early type of signaling system is where the term "high ball" originated. Download Image of Boston & Maine Railroad, Berlin Branch Bridge #148.81, Formerly spanning Moose Brook at former Boston & Maine Railroad, Gorham, Coos County, NH. No GRS or PAR No "Thanks for the add" posts. The Boston & Lowell and the Andover & Haverhill Railroads extended rail service to the Maine border in South Berwick by 1843. . Pan Am Railways and all its subsidiaries are now owned by CSX. )[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). The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. Building/structure dates: 2004 Demolished, - the original in color by citing the Call Number listed above and including the catalog - 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. Significance: In 1891-93, the Concord & Montreal Railroad built a 30-mile, single-track branch line from its main line at Whitefield, NH to Berlin, where lumber and paper industries were booming. 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. The Medford branch was a railroad branch line of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M). Declaration by Sir William Howe, Commander in Chief of the British forces. 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. American-Rails.com collection. : 2016-0123-P. Includes bibliographical Simmons, David A. Author's collection. [3][4] On May 9, 1890, B&M purchased Eastern Railroad outright. It eventually opened service to Keene, New Hampshire via Milford and Nashua while branches reached Salem, Concord, and Ayer Junction. NH-49 Page 5 and below the bottom chord with a l'-5- l%" square plate, a l'-2" square plate, a 5- U" washer and a 3- I A" square nut. In 1983, the B&M emerged from bankruptcy when it was purchased by Timothy Mellon's Guilford Transportation Industries for $24million. pony truss 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 Operated by Concord Coach Lines, Amtrak and Greater Portland Metro Bus, the Boston to Maine bus service departs from Boston South Buses and arrives in Congress St + Center St. It also enjoyed a healthy less-than-carload (LCL) business. Boston & Maine RS3s #1517 and #1512 layover at the small engine terminal in Brownville Junction, Maine on July 6, 1970. Mike Schafer notes in his book that the route still handled more than a dozen scheduled freights daily after World War II and today remains a vital component of Pan Am. You can catch Thomas and his friends at the Medina Railroad Museum in May, 2023! Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through 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. (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.) 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. Photograph. transportation, - - The connecting track was steep and was probably only used for passenger trains from Marlboro to Boston. ruins, - Woodsville to Wing Road, NH. Boston & Maine The B&M operated in all 3 Northern New England States, but most of the track and service was . In total, the Northern Railroad stretched nearly 70 miles. Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Boston & Maine Railroad, Concord & Montreal Railroad, Concord & Montreal Railroad Boston, New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad, William Howe, New Hampshire Division Of Parks And Recreation, Jonathan Parker Snow, National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program Federal Highway Administration, and Christopher H Marston. Construction of the Northern proceeded quickly; on December 28, 1846 the line was open to Franklin and by November 17, 1847 reached Lebanon. After a few months of additional work the bridge across the Connecticut River was completed and the route finished to White River Junction. General Information About the B&MRRHS Archives Consult the Guide To The B&MRRHS Archives Read the Archives Committee Report for 2022 Search our Subject Classifications. Mauro, Jeremy T - Historic American Engineering Record - Marston, Christopher H - Berry, Jacob - Lee, Harry - Pope, Nancy Sheldon - Paddleford, Philip Henry - Graton Associates - Pope, Gordon - Berry, Jacob E Mauro, Jeremy T - Historic American Engineering Record - Marston, Christopher H - Berry, Jacob - Lee, Harry - Pope, Nancy Sheldon - Paddleford, Philip Henry - Graton Associates - Pope, Gordon - Berry, Jacob E - Kidd, Anne E - Berry, Horace W - Bartha, Csaba - Rowley, Bradley M - Christianson, Justine - Broughton, Charles Austin - Federal Highway Administration, National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program - Paddleford, Peter - Berry, Jacob H. Cooper, James - Marston, Christopher H - Harnar, Neil - Nizamiev, Kamil - Berilla, Jim - Willenkin, Gregory - Burr, Theodore - Christian, Rudy - Case Western Reserve University - Butler, Michael Cooper, James - Marston, Christopher H - Harnar, Neil - Nizamiev, Kamil - Berilla, Jim - Willenkin, Gregory - Burr, Theodore - Christian, Rudy - Case Western Reserve University - Butler, Michael - Gasparini, Dario - Simmons, David - Hursen, Stacey - Gasparini, Linda - Rendos, Laura - Fitzhugh, Campbell - McPartland, Mary - Marvin, Vincent - Christian, Laura - Historic American Engineering Record. 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 WN&P was an 1883 formation through the merger of theWorcester & Nashua (formed in 1845 it opened between Worcester and Nashua by late 1848) andNashua & Rochester (created in 1847 to connect its namesake cities). braze welding, - Located entirely within Medford, Massachusetts, the branch connected Medford Square to the B&M main line. [7]:15 On January 18, 1965, commuter service was cut to the MBTA district and subsidies began. Printed "Base Source: New Hampshire family of maps 1:500,000." Berlin Boston and Maine Railroad 1941 Berlin Boston and Maine Railroad 1963 Berlin Boston and Maine Railroad 1967 Berlin Boston and Maine Corporation. This new system provided for through service between Worcester and Portland. His leadership has also been questioned by historians as hundreds of miles of the B&M's network was abandoned during the 1980s and 1990s, many of which were still considered viable routes. Photo(s): 8 | Measured Drawing(s): 14 | Data Page(s): 78 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1.
