Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts Station



NEWTON UPPER FALLS STATION

The Newton Upper Falls, Mass. railroad station was built in 1852. Over the years it has been serve by several railroads. One of the first lines to serve this industrial village in the City of Newton was the Charles River Br. R.R. later followed by the Boston, Hartford & Erie, New York & New England, New Haven, Penn Central and Conrail. Finally in 1984 the bay Colony Railroad, one of the eastern Massachusetts newest shortlines, serves this village in the City of Newton as shown by the local freight with No. 1061 on the head end, December 5, 1984. The station is now used as a shop in the Newton Upper Falls Historic District of the city.

Photo by Norton D. Clark

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Old Chatham Railroad Station - 1910



OLD CHATHAM RAILROAD STATION - 1910
Chatham, Mass

The old Chatham Railroad operated between Chatham, Mass and Harwich from 1887 to 1937. This original pasenger station has been restored as a railroad museum by the Town of Chatham. Many objects, some over 100 years old, and connected with the early days of rail-roads in the U.S.A. are on exhibition.