The Boston and Maine Railroad (reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. It was chartered in 1835, and became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).

Nov 14, 2024 · The Boston & Maine, whose slogan long read "Route Of The Minute Man," was an important New England line for more than 1480 years.

6 days ago · The Locomotives of the Boston & Maine Railroad by Charles E. Fisher, includes predecessor roads (Provided by F. Bradford Kippen III, scanned as a searchable PDF by Rick Kfoury) - Uploaded 1/2020. See also Steam Locomotives below.

MA to Portland, ME. Browse maps, pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines of the Boston & Maine Railroad.

Completed in the early 1840s, the Eastern RR ran right along the seacoast between Boston, MA, and Portland, ME, serving such cities and towns as Salem and Newburyport, MA, and Seabrook, Hampton, and Portsmouth, NH.

Originating in the idea of constructing a continuous inland route between Boston and Portland, the Boston and Maine Railroad gradually gained control of other lines until the B&M system linked hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and …

1 day ago · Published: February 11, 2025. By: Adam Burns The Fitchburg Railroad, the most crucial asset to the Boston and Maine (B&M) Railroad, was leased on July 1, 1900, providing pivotal transit routes across Massachusetts to key interchange locations in New York, specifically Albany and Rotterdam Junction.

By 1900 the Boston & Maine Railroad had three routes between Massachusetts and Portland, Maine, and despite the multiple routes the WN&P held the honors of the busiest single-track, non-signaled main line in the country.

Boston and Maine Railroad First Operating District, Berkshire Division. Bennington Branch - Hoosick Junction to White Creek Main Line - Greenfield to Troy, Johnsonville to Rotterdam Junction Saratoga and Schuylerville Branches - Mechanicville to Saratoga Springs, Schuyler Junction to Schuylerville. First Operating District, Fitchburg Division

The Boston and Maine Railroad began as a second through route from Boston towards Portland, Maine, after the Eastern RR, incorporated in 1833 and completed in 1843. The next 70 years involved a great deal of financial and political finagling, but by 1915 the B&M reached from Troy and Saratoga in New York to Southern Quebec.