Old Colony Railroad

Old Colony Railroad

The Old Colony Railroad was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island. It operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Fitchburg, Lowell and Cape Cod...

 1893

• Boston and Providence Railroad 1888
  • Stoughton Branch Railroad 1872
• Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad 1879
  • Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad 1876
    • Agricultural Branch Railroad 1869
    • Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad 1869
    • Framingham and Lowell Railroad 1871
    • Mansfield and Framingham Railroad 1870
    • New Bedford Railroad 1875
      • New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
        New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
        The New Bedford and Taunton Railroad was originally incorporated at the Old Colony Railroad Corporation in 1838 as an extension of the Taunton Branch Railroad between Taunton, Massachusetts and New Bedford. The name was changed to New Bedford and Taunton Railroad in 1839 before service began in 1840...
        
         1874
        • Fairhaven Branch Railroad 1868
      • Taunton Branch Railroad
        Taunton Branch Railroad
        The Taunton Branch Railroad was one of the earliest railroads to be established in Massachusetts. It was chartered by the state in 1835 as a branch of the Boston and Providence Railroad running between Mansfield and Taunton, Massachusetts...
        
         1873
• Cape Cod Railroad 1872
  • Cape Cod Branch Railroad 1868
  • Cape Cod Central Railroad 1868
• Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad 1878
• Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad 1892
• Granite Railroad 1870
• Hanover Branch of Massachusetts Railroad 1887
• Middleborough and Taunton Railroad 1874
• Nantasket Beach Railroad 1888
• Old Colony and Newport Railroad 1872
  • Dighton and Somerset Railroad 1864
  • Easton Branch Railroad 1866
  • Newport and Fall River Railroad 1863
  • Old Colony and Fall River Railroad 1864
    • Fall River Railroad
      Fall River Railroad (1846)
      The Fall River Railroad was incorporated in 1846 as a merger between the Fall River Branch Railroad, the Middleborough Railroad Corportation and the Randolph & Bridgewater Railroad Corportation...
      
       1854
    • Middleborough Railroad 1895
    • Old Colony Railway 1854
      • Dorchester and Milton Railroad 1847
    • Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad 1845
• Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad 1892
• Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad 1891
• South Shore Railroad 1876

New England Railroad 1898

• New York and New England Railroad
  New York and New England Railroad
  The New York and New England Railroad was a major railroad connecting southern New York state with Hartford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was known as the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, which had been formed by...
  
   1896
  • Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad 1873
    • Norwich and Worcester Railroad 1869
      • Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company 1837
      • Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company 1837
    • Midland Railway 1866
      • Boston and New York Central Railroad 1858
        • Norfolk County Railroad 1853
        • Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad 1853
    • New York and Boston Railroad 1864
      • Charles River Branch Railroad 1855
      • Woonsocket Union Railroad 1858
    • Thompson and Willimantic Railroad 1863
  • Connecticut Central Railroad 1880
    • Springfield and New London Railroad
      Springfield and New London Railroad
      The Springfield and New London Railroad is a historic railroad in Massachusetts. It was incorporated in Massachusetts as the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad on May 2, 1849. In 1866 the act of incorporation was amended so as to permit a location terminating at the state line in either...
      
       1876
  • Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad 1878
    • Hartford and Providence Railroad 1849
    • Providence and Plainfield Railroad 1849
    • Rhode Island Railroad 1849
    • Rockville Branch Railroad 1868
  • Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad 1892
    • Meriden and Cromwell Railroad 1889
    • Meriden and Waterbury Railroad 1889
  • Milford and Woonsocket Railroad 1887
    • Hopkinton Railroad 1883
    • Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad 1883
  • Providence and Springfield Railroad 1890
  • Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad 1877
  • Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad 1890
• Norwich and Worcester Railroad 1895

Housatonic Railroad

Housatonic Railroad

The Housatonic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and has since expanded north and south, as well as west into New York State.The...

 1892

• Berkshire Railroad 1843
• Danbury and Norwalk Railroad
  Danbury and Norwalk Railroad
  The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad was an independent American railroad that operated between its namesake cities in Connecticut from 1852 until its absorption by the Housatonic Railroad in 1887...
  
   1886
• Danbury Terminal Railroad 1997
• New Haven and Derby Railroad 1889
• New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad 1876
• Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad
  Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad
  The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad was a short independent railroadin western Connecticut that was chartered as the Shepaug Valley Railroad in 1868 and operated from1872 to 1891 when it was taken over by the Housatonic Railroad....
  
   1891
  • Shepaug Railroad 1887
  • Shepaug Valley Railroad 1873
• Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad 1874
• West Stockbridge Railroad 1843

Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad 1883

• New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad 1875

Central New England Railroad

Central New England Railroad

The Central New England Railroad is a railroad in and near Hartford, Connecticut. It began operations in 1995 on former Conrail trackage.The line currently operates two sections of track: The 8.7 mile former Griffin Secondary from Hartford Union Station northwest to industrial areas in Bloomfield,...

 1927

• Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad 1905
  • Clove Branch Railroad 1896
  • Dutchess and Columbia Railway 1877
    • New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad 1874)
      • Harlem Extension Railroad 1873
        • Lebanon Springs Railroad 1870
      • New York, Boston and Northern Railroad 1873
        • Dutchess and Columbia Railroad 1872
• Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad 1899
  • Central New England and Western Railroad 1892
    • Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad 1890
      • Connecticut Western Railroad 1881
      • Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad 1882
  • Dutchess County Railroad 1892
• Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad 1907
  • New York and Massachusetts Railroad 1893
    • Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad 1887
      • Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway 1875

New York and New Haven Railroad

New York and New Haven Railroad

The New York and New Haven Railroad was a railroad connecting New York City to New Haven, Connecticut along the shore of the Long Island Sound. It opened in 1849, and in 1872 it merged with the Hartford and New Haven Railroad to form the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad...

 1872

• New Haven and Northampton Railroad 1849
  • Hampshire and Hampden Railroad 1862
  • Holyoke and Westfield Railroad 1870
• Shore Line Railway
  Shore Line Railway (Connecticut)
  The Shore Line Railway was a part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system, running east from New Haven, Connecticut to New London along the north shore of Long Island Sound...
  
   1870
  • New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad 1868
    • New Haven and New London Railroad 1857
    • New London and Stonington Railroad 1857
    • New York and New London Railroad 1857

Hartford and New Haven Railroad

Hartford and New Haven Railroad

The Hartford and New Haven Railroad was an important direct predecessor of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Its railroad commenced service in 1844 and ended independent operations in 1872...

 1872

• Hartford and Springfield Railroad 1847
• Middletown Railroad 1850
• New Britain and Middletown Railroad 1868

New York, Providence and Boston Railroad

New York, Providence and Boston Railroad

The New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, normally called the Stonington Line, was a major part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between New London, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island...

1893

• Pawtuxet Valley Railroad 1883
• Pontiac Branch Railroad 1880
• Providence and Worcester Railroad 1888
• Providence and Worcester Railway 1888
• Warwick Railroad 1879
• Westerly Granite Railroad 1881