ONline Archives
The Online Archives page is divided into a section for BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD and related roads and a section for MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD and related roads. The Boston and Maine section is further divided into Part 1. Reference Materials and Part 2. Railroad Documents.
The linked items below represent only a small part of the materials held in our physical Archives at 40 French Street Lowell. Download our CATALOG. Download our Classification list. Download the GUIDE TO THE B&MRRHS ARCHIVES.
Latest Updates
12-11-24
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Added updated index to the B&M Bulletin (through Vol. XXXIV No. 4 (2024)) compiled by Jack Dziadul
Boston and Maine Railroad
PART 1. REFERENCE MATERIAL
Abandonments — See ABANDONMENT NOTICES page
Accident Investigation Reports - Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Railroad Administration
Accidents and Weather Events, Notable, compiled by Rick Nowell
Amesbury Branch History by Richard Nichols. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
Andover and Wilmington Railroad Map, drawn by Franklin K. Haggerty
Annual Reports. See Part 2. Executive Department
Authority For Expenditure Records. Selected, compiled and annotated by Robert P. Fuller. Transcribed by Mark Fecteau
First Series. AFE No. 1 (1910) through 6128 (1923)
Second Series. AFE No. 2 (1920) through AFE No. 39,765 (1970)
Bellows Falls Creamery, by Brad Blodget
Bill Gove New England Logging Collection. Description of the collection with an inventory compiled by Mal Sockol and Eric DiVirgilio
B&M Bulletin Index through Vol. XXXIV, No. 4 (2024), compiled by Jack Dziadul
B&M Bulletin Index compiled by Dick Lynch. (Through Vol. XXVI, No. 1)
B&M Bulletin. List of Thompson consist articles, compiled by John S. Horvath
B&MRR Employees Magazine Index compiled by Brad Blodget
B&MRR Employees Magazine Index compiled by Dick Lynch (A - Kl)
B&MRR Employees Magazine Index compiled by Dick Lynch (Kn - Z)
B&MRR Employees Magazine Photo Index compiled by Richard Symmes
Boston and Lowell Railroad. A Pioneer Railroad and How It Was Built
Boston and Lowell Railroad (compiled by Brad MacGowan, courtesy of UMass Lowell Library)
Boston and Maine Corporation Collection at NC. Boxes 1 Through 8. Shelf List. Lot 2004.36
Boston Terminal Photo File Organization, prepared by Dan O’Brien
Brandeis and the NH-B&M Merger Battle Revisited. Richard Abrams, Business History Review v. 36 no. 2 Winter 1962, pp. 408-430
Car Disposition Records, scanned/transcribed by Ken Akerboom
Record of individual car dispositions (Sold, scrapped, transferred to work service, etc.)
Currently only freight (not passenger) cars.Car Record Books, scanned/transcribed by Ken Akerboom
Record of freight, passenger, and, sometimes, “Rail Motor Cars” (i.e. EMC and Budd RDC)
Proof-reading has been done on all index files. Errata from the first versions has been highlighted in yellow.
ALSO NOTE: PDFs are mostly about 18-19 MB!Car Acquisition Books (1899-1917)
Purchases onlyPDF index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Excel Index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Car Books (1923 - 1960)
Include purchases, re-numberings, disposalsCar Books index (Excel) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Car Books Index (PDF) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Car Records and Their Relation to Transportation and Car Accounting. Official Proceedings of the Canadian Railway Club, v. XIX no. 6, Sept. 1920
Centralized Traffic Control on the Boston & Maine. Clipping from Railway Age, Dec. 5, 1931. Gift of Carl Byron
Chaffin Negative Collection Catalogue, prepared by Brad Kippen
Classification of Expenses. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1907. Courtesy Google Books
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operating Agreement with Conrail, 1980
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operating Agreement with MassCentral Railroad, 1980
Contoocook (N.H.) Railroad Bridge. History and Design. Report by National Park Service, 2003
Contains information about Boston and Lowell, Nashua & Lowell, Northern, Boston, Concord & Montreal, and Connecticut & Passumpssic Rivers Railroads. Also contains summer travel information.
Corporate History. “Digital Listing of the Corporate History of the Boston and Maine Railroad Issued by the ICC, 1916,” compiled by David D. Ashenden. See also David’s Introduction/Instructions. See Corporate History in the PART 2. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT section below for the original document.
Customers on the Portsmouth and Fremont Branches, 1971 - 1982 compiled by Rick Kfoury
Diesel Locomotives. Specifications for GP38-2. Gift of Preston Cook
Diesel Locomotives. Specifications for GP40-2. Gift of Preston Cook
Eastern Railroad Steam Locomotive Roster, MS. compiled by W.D. Edson. From CD (Cat. No. 2017.44.1)
Expenses, Classification of. ICC, 1907. Courtesy Google Books
Financial Condition of the …New Haven Railroad and of the Boston and Maine Railroad,” by Louis D,. Brandeis, 1907 Part 1
Financial Condition of the …New Haven Railroad and of the Boston and Maine Railroad,” by Louis D,. Brandeis, 1907 Part 2
Financial Condition of the …New Haven Railroad and of the Boston and Maine Railroad,” by Louis D,. Brandeis, 1907 Part 3
Fitchburg Railroad Documents, Cat. No. 2004.36.14, compiled by Eric DiVirgilio, transcribed by Mark Fecteau
Flag Stop Signal, Hastings, Mass. Drawn by Alan LePain
Flag Stop Signal, Quinapoxet, Mass. Drawn by Alan LePain
Freight Car Roster, 1915-1955, by Tim Gilbert
Freight Car Summary, by Ken Akerboom
Freight Car Classification book information
NOTE: Actual freight car pages are included in the appropriate series page(s) in the Freight Car Summary, the links here are for index pages and for buggies [AKA “cabooses”] that don’t have an individual car series page.“1942” book (might be 1943…)
1955 book
Note the “index” pages are a bit muddled, they may be out of order?
Freight Train Operation. Study of freight train operation on the Boston and Maine Railroad with special reference to Tonnage Rating and utilization of motive power, 1931, by John P. Ramsay, courtesy MIT Libraries
The Glory of White River Junction, by Edgar T. Mead and transcribed by Rick Kfoury from the Connecticut Valley Reporter (June 23, 1971).
Goodwin, Dana D. and Charles H. Nash Negative Catalog prepared by R. Richard Conard
Gove, William H. “Bill”. New England Logging Collection. See Bill Gove above.
Group Index Numbers (to locate mechanical drawings) compiled by Mark Fecteau
Hill-MacMillan-Hutchinson Negative Collection Index. 1944, 1945, 1946 Part 1, 1946 Part 2, 1947 Part 1, 1947 Part 2, 1948 Part 1, 1948 Part 2, 1949 Part 1, 1949 Part 2, 1950, 1951 Part 1, 1951 Part 2, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 - 1963
Hoosac Tunnel Accidents, compiled by Charles Cahoon
Hoosac Tunnel Accident Victims, compiled by Charles Cahoon
Hoosac Tunnel Accident Victims by Date, compiled by Charles Cahoon
Hutchinson (Leroy C.) Collection--File Box Contents
ICC Freight Statistics (1917-1963) compiled by Ken Akerboom
Notes on the ICC Freight Commodity Statistics by Ken Akerboom
ICC Survey (1914-16) Excerpts
Lettering
Locomotive Supervision, 1904. Courtesy Google Books
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.
Manchester Tower - A brief history of the CTC “MA Tower” in Manchester, NH by Rick Kfoury
Map: Boston & Maine Railroad Central Massachusetts Branch, 1975
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Deed of Property and Operating Rights to, by B&M Corp., 1976
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Purchase and Sale Agreement with B&M Corp for Commuter Lines. 1976. Part 1 of 2
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Purchase and Sale Agreement with B&M Corp for Commuter Lines. 1976. Part 2 of 2
Mass Bay RRE Fantrips. Seventy-Five Years of Rare Mileage, by Rick Conard and John Reading, posted with permission
Mechanical Department Drawings List. Latest version added 12-1-23. This list is very incomplete. See also Large format scans, Catalog of.
Metal File Box Collection Indexes
Fitchburg Railroad Documents, Cat. No. 2004.36.14, compiled by Eric DiVirgilio, transcribed by Mark Fecteau
Cheshire, Fitchburg and Other Roads, Cat. No. 2004.36.15, compiled by Rick Hurst
Boston and Lowell, Fitchburg and Other Documents, Cat. No. 2004.36.21, compiled by Steve Butterworth
Boston and Lowell Railroad Documents, Cat. 2004.36.24, compiled by UMass Lowell intern Matthew Donovan PARTIALLY COMPLETED
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western, Concord, Concord & Montreal, Fitchburg, Pemigewasset Branch, Whitefield & Jefferson RRs, Cat. No. 2004.36.258, compiled by Leo Sullivan
Various Railroads, Cat. No. 2004.36.265, compiled by Rick Hurst
Milepost Restoration, Northern Line, by Edwin R. Hiller, 2019
Milk. Bellows Falls Creamery, by Brad Blodget
Modelers Notes Index Through Issue 197 (Nov-Dec 2024), compiled by Jack Dziadul
Mount Washington Railway. MS list of drawings in tube file, North Chelmsford
Negatives data base, compiled by Rick Conard and Rick Nowell
New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources Survey of the Northern Railroad, 2013
North Chelmsford Shelf List, compiled by Henry V. Taves, in progress
Northern Railroad. See Milepost Restoration
Officers and Divisions, Roster of, compiled by Rick Nowell
Official Guide, April 1913, B&MRR Section, submitted by David Ashenden
Paint and Color Guide, compiled by Rick Nowell. See also Paint Diagrams in Part 2. Mechanical Department
Passenger Car Roster, c1965, compiled by Laurence I. Beake
Passenger Car Roster, pub. B&M Bull., 1980-94, compiled by Hutchinson & Smith, prepared for web by R.K. Hurst
Passenger Department Chronology, compiled and edited by Richard K. "Rick" Hurst
Photo Identification. Notes from Harry Frye Collection
Postcards—How ro Date. From John A. Goodwin Collection, created by Lowell Historical Society
Preston S. Johnson Collection, catalog of photographic slides, compiled by Rick Nowell
Railroad Enthusiast March - August 1966 (“Slow Train to Keene”), Dana D. Goodwin Collection, scanned by Rick Kfoury
Railway Mail Service RPO Routes in New England, by James B. VanBokkelen
Reorganization. ICC FD26115 (1973), scanned by David Ashenden
Restoration of Mileposts on the Northern Main Line, Edwin R. Hiller, Andover Historical Society
Rochester, N.H., Railroading at,1934 by R.E. Fisher, includes map
Salisbury Branch History. See Amesbury Branch History.
Boston and Maine Corporation Collection at NC. Boxes 1 Through 8. Shelf List. Lot 2004.36
North Chelmsford, compiled by Henry V. Tave. WORK IN PROGRESS
Station Real Estate Disposition Records, compiled by George Kocur. Cat. No. 2018.899.6
Signal Chronology [1947-1990], by Daniel E. Horgan (1990), scanned and submitted by Carl R. Byron
Station Data Base, compiled by Rick Nowell
Station Real Estate Disposition Records. Cat. No. 2018.99.6 . Shelf List compiled by George Kocur
Station Drawings in B&MRRHS Archives, compiled by David Ashenden
Steam Locomotive Photos, A Guide to Identifying, by Harry A. Frye
Steam Locomotives 1836-1865, Roster of, compiled by Rick Nowell
Study of freight train operation on the Boston and Maine Railroad with special reference to Tonnage Rating and utilization of motive power, by John P. Ramsay, 1931, courtesy MIT Libraries
Summer Saunterings by the Boston and Lowell. Issued by Passenger Dept., Boston and Lowell Railroad, First Edition, 1885. Internet Archive
Track Car 215570 “Birth Papers” - Provided by Jesse Mazzie, who owns and operates this motorcar for the CVRTC
Trains Between Boston and Montreal and Between Boston and Quebec City, 1927, compiled by Rick Nowell
Tube File/Round File/Roll Files at Lowell. Inventory compiled by Rick Conard
Valuation Plans. See Right of Way and Track Maps
Vincent H. Bernard Signal Collection. Description of the collection with an inventory compiled by Steve Butterworth, Eric DiVirgilio, and Mal Sockol
Wheelwright Branch Map, 1953, by Alan E. MacMillan
The White-Mountain Village of Bethlehem [N.H.] as a Resort for Health and Pleasure, 1880 Internet Archive
Wooden Bridge Construction, B&M, 1895 by J. Parker Snow
Wooden Dining Car Roster, compiled by Leroy C. Hutchinson and Clyde R. Smith
PART 2. RAILROAD DOCUMENTS
Accounting Department
Contract Bureau
Contract Memo 9251-C - Manchester, NH - Repairs to Huse Road bridge over M&L Branch, April 4, 1979.
Contract Memo 10596-A - Manchester, NH - Repairs to I-293 bridges over M&L Branch, Feb. 13, 1979.
Contract Memo 11015-A - Manchester, NH - Widening I-93 bridges over Portsmouth Branch, Jan. 19, 1977.
Contract Memo 12389-A - Manchester, NH - Land tracts near Granite State Packing, Feb. 6, 1976.
Contract Memo 12483 - Manchester, NH - Crossings near Foster Grant, Jan. 15, 1976.
Contract Memo 12570 - Manchester, NH - Petition for private crossing at Foster Grant, Aug. 18, 1978.
Contract Memo 44951-B - Manchester, NH - Concerning use of land at Massabesic Street, Dec. 27, 1978.
Contract Memo 54742-C - Manchester, NH - Genest Bros. Bakery, John Danais Co. Inc. sidings, July 27, 1978.
Contract Memo 56332-A - Manchester, NH - Electric service for switch heaters, June 11, 1975.
Contract Memo 58349 - Manchester, NH - Union Leader utilizing old Central Paper siding, Jan. 7, 1977.
Contract Memo 59352-A - Manchester, NH - Work on crossings through the millyard, July 28, 1976.
Contract Memo 59574 - Manchester, NH - Maintenance at Grenier Industrial Park, Sept. 15, 1975.
Contract Memo 59619 - Manchester, NH - Concerning NH Plastics sidetrack, Jan. 23, 1976.
Contract Memo 59619 - Manchester, NH - South End Grain at West Manchester, Jan. 6, 1976.
Contract Memo 59735 - Manchester, NH - Lease of railroad land near Beech Street, June 30, 1976.
Contract Memo 59735-A - Manchester, NH - Regarding Manchester Paper Supply Co. Inc siding, Aug. 3, 1977.
Contract Memo 59746 - Manchester, NH - Concerning Gulf Oil siding at Byron Street, July 28, 1976.
Contract Memo 59756 - Manchester, NH - Use of railroad land at Candia Road, Aug. 2, 1976.
Contract Memo 59831 - Manchester, NH - Waumbek Mills sewer line installation, Jan. 7, 1977.
Contract Memo 59851 - Manchester, NH - City drainage near South Beech Street, Jan. 25, 1977.
Contract Memo 59947 - Manchester, NH - Regarding Gulf Oil, May 11, 1977.
Contract Memo 59992-A - Manchester, NH - Regarding Manchester Paper Supply Co. Inc siding, Dec. 13, 1977.
Contract Memo 60169 - Manchester, NH - Concerning Hussey Molding Co. sidetrack, March 7, 1978.
Contract Memo 60178 - Manchester, NH - Land usage petition for Granite State Packing, March 22, 1978.
Contract Memo 60209 - Manchester, NH - Concerning American Hoechst Co. sidetrack, May 4, 1978.
Contract Memo 60263 - Manchester, NH - Petition for a grade crossing over Valley St. spur, Aug. 28, 1978.
Contract Memo 60263-A - Manchester, NH - Petition for a grade crossing over Valley St. spur, May 24, 1979.
Contract Memo 60268 - Manchester, NH - City sewer line through Manchester Yard, Aug. 30, 1978.
Contract Memo 60288 - Manchester, NH - State rehab of Mammoth Road crossing, Oct. 11, 1978.
Contract Memo 60328 - Manchester, NH - Federal funds for Portsmouth Branch crossings, Jan. 8, 1979.
Contract Memo 60370-A - Manchester, NH - Concerning NH Plastics track at Manchester Airport, Oct. 12, 1979.
Contract Memo 60439 - Manchester, NH - Use of Ledges Yard tracks 5-7 by Sweetheart Plastics, Aug. 6, 1979.
Engineering Department
Construction of Private Crossing at Sewage Plant, Manchester, NH, Feb. 25, 1974
Expenses Needed for Northern Mainline Relocation, Manchester, NH, April 29, 1974
Expenses Related to Bouchard Street Extension, Manchester, NH, Sept. 23, 1974
Expenses Related to Reconstruction of Queen City Bridge, Manchester, NH, July 24, 1974
Expenses Related to Widening I-93 Overpasses on Portsmouth Branch, Manchester, NH, Jan. 14, 1977
Interior and Exterior Work on Manchester and Nashua Yard Offices, June 11, 1979
Paints for structures, 1921, rev. to 1926. See also Paint and Color Guide, compiled by Rick Nowell and Paint Diagrams in Part 2. Mechanical Department
Rejection of Private Grade Crossing at 200 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, April 28, 1977
Removal of bridge 35.61 on the Marlborough Branch, July 30, 1975
Track Changes. “Up and Down Reports, 1897-1961 with some later entries, for use with the valuation plans, February 23, 2011,” compiled by Robert P. Fuller
Turntables, All Divisions, Dec. 1925. See also Mechanical Department
Executive Department
Annual Reports
Andover and Wilmington Railroad Corporation. First Report 1834 (Internet Archive: Courtesy American Antiquarian Society)
Boston and Maine Railroad. 1851 1865 1868 1869 1870 1873-88 1876 1890-99 1901 1908 1919-22 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 (lacks the narrative section) 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Northern Railroad. 1848 (Partial?) Transcription.
By-Laws. Boston and Maine Railroad, August 1, 1949
Canterbury, NH Industrial Development Proposition, October 20, 1972
Correspondence Regarding American Freedom Train in Manchester, November 1, 1974
Correspondence Regarding Proposed Disaster Drill at Manchester, NH, September 25, 1979
Correspondence Regarding Water Cooler in Manchester Yard Office, May 21, 1974
Note Regarding Water Cooler in Manchester Yard Office, May 21, 1974
Organization Chart c1925-1927. Boston and Maine Railroad
Corporate History, 1914-16
See also Ashenden’s “Digital Listing of the Corporate History of the Boston and Maine Railroad Issued by the ICC, 1916,” in REFERENCE MATERIALS above. This is a sortable listing by railroad, date, event, etc.
Finance Department
Legal Department
Bill for Derailment at Associated Grocers, Manchester, NH, Sept. 11, 1974
Claim for Incorrect Flagging Procedure at Manchester, NH, October 20, 1975
Claim of John R. Bangs, Clerk, Manchester Freight Office - January 7, 1974
Misuse of Car PLE 006579 at Manchester, NH, Aug. 27, 1974.
Petition for a Private Crossing on Valley Street, Manchester, NH, April 28, 1978.
Petition for a Private Crossing on Valley Street, Manchester, NH, August 28, 1978.
Unpaid Bill to Manchester Water Works, October 5, 1979.
Marketing and Sales. See Traffic Department
Mechanical Department
Barre & Chelsea RR and Montpelier & Wells River RR Equipment Roster, March 1925
Car Disposition Records, scanned/transcribed by Ken Akerboom. Record of individual car dispositions (Sold, scrapped, transferred to work service, etc.). Currently only freight (not passenger) cars.
Car Record Books, scanned/transcribed by Ken Akerboom. Record of freight, passenger, and, sometimes, “Rail Motor Cars” (i.e. EMC and Budd RDC)
Proof-reading has been done on all index files. Errata from the first versions has been highlighted in yellow.
ALSO NOTE: PDFs are mostly about 18-19 MB!Car Acquisition Books (1899-1917)
Purchases onlyPDF index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Excel Index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Car Books (1923 - 1960)
Include purchases, re-numberings, disposalsCar Books index (Excel) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Car Books Index (PDF) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Diesel Out of Service and Mileage Record, 1943-55 courtesy of Carl R. Byron
Drawing Numbers, Assignment of, Mechanical Department, c1928, transcribed from original in Harry Frye Collection
Engine Houses and Turntables, Dec. 29, 1899
How the B&M Uses Budd Rail Diesel Cars, 1958 by E.K. Bloss, General Mechanical Superintendent
Mechanical Engineering Department. A Talk by Donald A. McKeown, Dec. 1953.
Paint Diagram - Alco RS in Maroon & Yellow, 1951 (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco RS in Maroon & Yellow, 1953 (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco RS in Maroon & Yellow, 1953 Revised (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco RS in Maroon & Yellow, 1954 (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco RS in Maroon & Yellow, 1954 Revised (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco RS2 in “Bluebird”, circa 1957 (Concept by the B&M; never actually carried out)
Paint Diagram - Alco S4, Maine Central, 1954 (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Paint Diagram - Alco S5, 1953 (American Locomotive Co. Draft)
Painting and Lettering Coaches, Mech. Dept. Diagram SP-553-9
Painting and Lettering Combines, Mech. Dept. Diagram SP-553-10
Painting and Lettering Baggage Cars - 4 Door, Mech. Dept. Diagram SP-553-11
Painting and Lettering Baggage Cars - 6 Door, Mech. Dept. Diagram SP-553-12
Operating Department
Agents, Ticket Agents, Telegraphers, Towermen. Fitchburg Div. Roster. Jan. 1, 1958
Boston Terminal. Freight Houses and Yards, 1913 (excerpt from Track and Yard Book)
Bulletin Order B-21-20 - Recap. Speed restrictions, Tracks Out of Service, May 1, 1977 (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Bulletin Order B-55 - Manchester, NH - Extension of Manchester Yard limits on M&L Branch, April 22, 1976.
Bulletin Order B-90 - Manchester, NH - New lights and gates at Pleasant St., June 15, 1976.
Bulletin Order B-112 - Manchester, NH - Southbound Mainline out of service, Sept. 2, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-113 - Manchester, NH - Moving of signals in Manchester Interlocking, Sept. 2, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-115 - Manchester, NH - Signal and track changes, Manchester - Amoskeag, Sept. 5, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-116 - Manchester, NH - Slow order on single-track mainline, Sept. 5, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-118 - Manchester, NH - Mainline out of service, Sept. 10, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-118 - Manchester, NH - Relocation of Portsmouth Branch switch., August 15, 1977.
Bulletin Order B-120 - Manchester, NH - Speed restriction in Manchester Interlocking, Sept. 15, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-158 - Manchester, NH - New crossing protection at Spring St., Nov. 15, 1975.
Bulletin Order B-160 - Manchester, NH - Lower Millyard Track out of service, Sept. 17, 1976. -
Bulletin Order B-170 - Manchester, NH - New lights and gates at Depot St., Nov. 21, 1975.
Certificate of Meritorious Service
Concerning Elimination of Third Trick at Manchester, April 22, 1975.
Correspondence Regarding Water Cooler in Manchester Yard Office, May 21, 1974
Employee Time Table 1869 with Rule Book
Employee Time Table #28, Fitchburg Div., Oct. 2, 1911. Part 1
Employee Time Table #28, Fitchburg Div., Oct. 2, 1911. Part 2
Employee Time Table #31A, WN&P Div., Mar. 3, 1913
Employee Time Table #36, Fitchburg Div., Jun. 21, 1915. Part 1
Employee Time Table #36, Fitchburg Div., Jun. 21, 1915. Part 2
Employee Time Table #42, Fitchburg Div., June 20, 1918. Part 1
Employee Time Table #42, Fitchburg Div., June 20, 1918. Part 2
Employee Time Table #42, Fitchburg Div., June 20, 1918. Part 3
B&M ETT No 30 Sept 29, 1940-Part A pp 1-36
B&M ETT No 30 Sept 29, 1940-Part B pp 37-67
B&M ETT No 30 Sept 29, 1940-Part C pp 68-90
B&M ETT No 30 Sept 29, 1940-Part D pp 91-103
B&M ETT No 30 Sept 29, 1940-Part E pp 104-121
B&M ETT No 44 June 20, 1947-Part A pp 1-38
B&M ETT No 44 June 20, 1947-Part B pp 39-75
B&M ETT No 44 June 20, 1947-Part C pp 76-93
B&M ETT No 44 June 20, 1947-Part D pp 94-112
B&M ETT No 44 June 20, 1947-Part E pp 113-131
ETT No. 21, May 18, 1975. Part 1 of 2. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
ETT No. 21, May 18, 1975. Part 2 of 2. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
ETT No. 21, May 18, 1975. Supplement 12, Apr. 10, 1977. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
ETT No. 21, May 18, 1975. Supplement 19, Mar. 5, 1978. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
ETT No. 1, April 27, 1980. Part 1 of 2. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
ETT No. 1, April 27, 1980. Part 2 of 2. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Freight Clerk Vacancy, Manchester, NH, February 9, 1974
General Order No. C-205. B&M Central Div. Re: Fitchburg Route Main Line. June 23 1985. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
General Order No. C-206. B&M Central Div. Schedules changed, new station at Chelsea, new mileage at Ipswich. Dec. 1, 1985. (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
General Order No. C-207. B&M Central Div. Time table authority and special instructions changed. Jan. 19, 1986. [R. Todd Minsk collection] (Digital file from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Menu for the Cheshire, 1944-1945 Season
North Station Track & Yard Book No. 60, effective April 24, 1955 (Submitted by Col. Tom E. Thompson)
Operating Rules 1850, 1855 (Courtesy Google Books)
Operating Rules 1872 (Courtesy Google Books)
Operating Rules, Mar. 1, 1980 Part 1 of 2 (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Operating Rules, Mar. 1, 1980 Part 2 of 2 (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Operating Rules, Interpretations and Explanations, Mar. 1, 1980 Part 1 of 2. (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Operating Rules, Interpretations and Explanations, Mar. 1, 1980 Part 2 of 2. (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Proposal by Agway for Retirement of Portion of the Valley Street Spur, Manchester, NH - Aug. 17, 1976.
Proposal for New Business on Portsmouth Branch, Manchester, NH - Nov. 28, 1979
Proposal for Retirement of Lower Millyard Track, Manchester, NH - March 16, 1976
Proposal for Retirement of Track at Foster Beef, Bedford, NH - November 17, 1977
Pullman Lines on the B&M, Nov 1905
Ticket, Newburyport to North Danvers
Time Table, Newburyport and Danvers & Georgetown RRs, 1854
Track Scale Locations, undated
Train Order No. 519 - Nashua, NH - Extra 1716, Last Train on M&L to Derry, NH, June 3, 1982. (Courtesy Paul Haupt-Renaud, conductor on the extra. Removed last car in Derry from lumber company on Broadway.)
Public Relations Department
Employees’ Magazine — Complete Issues
Our Service, April 1917 August 1950
Employees’ Magazine - Articles
Dinosaur Fossils at Holyoke, 1936, 1937
New Icer Speeds Perishables, Jul-Aug 1950
Clippings
“Are the Railroads Returning"?” - New Hampshire Times, Nov. 28, 1973
“B&M Group Fails Bid to Liquidate” - Boston Evening Globe, Aug. 28, 1973
“B&M Passenger Train Makes Last Run in NH” - Manchester Union Leader, July 1, 1967
“B&M President to Speak Before Amherst RR Society”- Springfield Daily News, May 14, 1977
“B&M Railroad Cited by CTI for Hiring of Disadvantaged” - Lowell Sun, 1970s
“B&M Railroad President Claims Trucking Troubles” - NH Sunday News, Jan. 30, 1977
“B&M Railroad Enters New Era” - Eagle-Tribune, November 12, 1977
“B&M Seeks $26-Million Loan” - Greenfield Recorder, August 9, 1977
“B&M Trustees Hedge Rejection of Proposed Railroad Plan” - Concord Monitor, Jan. 17, 1974.
“B&M Would Buy 600 Employees Out of Jobs” - Boston Herald, July 25, 1973
“Boston & Maine’s Cherington Eyes Elimination 600 Jobs to Save Road” - Boston Globe, 1972
“Bow: Less Than 50 Days Coal Supply Explained” - Concord Monitor, December 6, 1977
Budd Cars, How the B&M Uses. Talk by E.K. Bloss, Gen’l Mechanical Supt., c1958
“Dustin ‘Had and Retains’ Complete Confidence of B&M Trustees” - Boston Sunday Globe, July 24, 1977
“Experts’ Solution for Rail Service: Throw B&M Out of County” - Keene Sentinel, May 10, 1973
Fairlee, VT derailment and explosion - Various news sources, November 1975
“Fewer Trains Keep Drivers Off Guard” - Nashua Telegraph, May 24, 1979
“Freight Car Fire Ignites East Woburn Warehouse” - Woburn Daily News, November 28, 1977
“‘Ghost Train’ Tour Satisfies Riders, Surprises Other Officials” - Daily Sentinel, March 20, 1974
“The Goodwin Line - A Decent Little Railroad in New Hampshire” - Lowell Sun, Dec. 20, 1979
“Harvard Professor May Run Bankrupt B&M Railroad” - Eagle-Tribune, 1972
“Hoboes and Boxcars Leave Concord Behind” - Concord Monitor, 1970s
“Hoosac Tunnel Getting Steel Liner” - Berkshire Eagle, July 21, 1979
“Husband, Wife Die in Railbus-Car Crash” - Manchester Union Leader, Dec. 16, 1980.
“Lincoln Mill to Open” - Manchester Union Leader, November 3, 1978
“Littleton Board Backs B&M Loan Application” - unknown publication, 1970s
“Man Hit by Train, Loses His Left Arm” - Lynn Item, June 15, 1978
“New Chief for a Yankee Railroad” - New York Times, February 29, 1977
“New England Commission Funds Rail Improvements” - Boston Herald, Sept. 28, 1977
“Piggyback Trucks’ Deal Paying Off for NH Firms” - Manchester Union Leader, 1970s
“Problems at the End of the Line” - Concord Monitor, February 19, 1974
“Purchase of B&M Railroad Suggested” - Rutland Daily Herald, Sept. 28, 1972
“Rail Takeover Eyed in New Hampshire” - Boston Sunday Globe, January 20, 1974
“Railroad’s Future in NH May be Decided in Sept.” - Concord Monitor, July 19, 1973
“Railroad Seeks to Close Line” - Concord Monitor, July 20, 1973
“Railroads Chug Out of Woods After 20 Years of Ills for Industry” - Eagle-Tribune, Sept. 9, 1979
“Railroads Wary of 4-Line Merger” - Times-Union, November 26, 1977
“Rail Freight Traffic Increase” - Manchester Union Leader, 1985 (New England Southern)
“Rail Yard to Receive Facelift” - Greenfield Recorder, November 27, 1978
“Raymond's Depot Finally Placed On the Good Ol’ Historical Map” - NH Sunday News, July 29, 1979
“Rolling Stock Moves On” - Greenfield Recorder, March 28, 1978
“Santa Takes to the Rails in Berlin” - unknown publication, December 27, 1977
“Shippers Fear Railcar Crunch” - Boston Sunday Globe, October 22, 1978
“Sometimes It Goes Against the Grain To See Corn Wasted...” - Portsmouth Herald, October 3, 1977
“Symbol of Railroading May Fade Into History” - Concord Monitor, 1977
“These ‘Doctors’ Work at Helping Sick Trains” - Advertiser, April 11, 1979 (Billerica Shops)
“They’ve Been Fighting for a Railroad” - New York Times, October 9, 1977
“This Railroad Means Business” - NH Sunday News, October 23, 1977 (Goodwin Railroad)
“Train-Truck Crash in Merrimack” - Village Crier, December 27, 1978
“Train-Truck Crash Kills 5 in Family” - Manchester Union Leader, May 2, 1979
“Trustee Sees B&M Success” - Boston Herald, January 12, 1974
“Two Receive Safety Awards”, Greenfield Recorder, July 2, 1979
“What Does B&M Have in Mind?” - New Hampshire Sunday News, January 20, 1974
“Whitefield Man Seeks NH Passenger Train Service” - Manchester Union Leader, January 11, 1979
“White River Junction Back on Tracks” - Valley News, October 12, 1981
Standard Plans
Semaphore Blades
Traffic Department
Coal Rates to B&M Points. D&H Co. map, 20 Oct 1923. File too large to upload here. See new On-Line Archives page
Handbook to Suburban Homes, Sea-Shore, Lakes, and Mountains 1874
Intermodal Services Routing Announcement, late 1970s
Local Carload Commodity Tariff and Freight Rates, June 15, 1969
Office of Marketing & Sales Notice - Moving from Elm Street, Manchester, NH to Billerica, MA, 1979. -
Railroading on the Boston and Maine (2016 Reprint of 1952 brochure)
Tourist Sleeping Cars Between the East and West, October 1913. Grand Trunk Railway System - includes service on B&MRR Trains (Courtesy Internet Archive)
Maine Central Railroad
The Maine Central Railroad had a close relationship with the Boston and Maine Railroad throughout its history. The Eastern Railroad gained control of Maine Central in 1871. B&M leased ERR in 1884 and thereby controlled MEC. When, in 1907, New Haven gained control of the B&M, MEC came into the New Haven sphere. In 1914 a group of investors purchased a controlling interest in MEC from B&M and independence was re-established. This notwithstanding, from 1933 to 1955 the two railroads entered into an agreement to be operated as separate railroads under a common management and shared many general officers. In the Guilford/PanAm and CSX eras the two roads were operated as a single system.
Many of the MEC materials that we present in our On-Line Archives were submitted and scanned by Archives Committee member David Ashenden.
Accident Investigation Reports - Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Railroad Administration
Accounting Equipment, 1924 (MECRR Magazine)
Annual Reports
Chronology, 2020 (compiled by David Ashenden)
Chronology, 1976 (MEC Messenger)
Employee Magazine
We are grateful to Dick Glueck of the New England Steam Corporation for providing many issues of the MEC Employee Magazine for scanning and for giving us permission to make scans available on our website. Additional issues came from Rick Conard in 2022. Many hours of scanning time were contributed by Archives Committee member David Ashenden. His project of scanning and indexing the magazine is ongoing.
1924
MAY WANTED
Employee Magazine, June 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED
Employee Magazine, July 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED
Employee Magazine, October 1924, Part 1 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED
Employee Magazine, December 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED
1925
MARCH WANTED
JULY WANTED
1926 — January Part 1, January Part 2, February, MARCH WANTED, April, May NEED COMPLETE ISSUE, June, JULY WANTED, August, September, October, November, December
1927 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September Part 1, September Part 2, October, November, December Part 1, December Part 2
1928 — January Part 1, January Part 2, February, March, April Part 1, April Part 2, May, June, July, August, September, November, OCTOBER WANTED, December Part 1, December Part 2, December Part 3
1929 — January, COMPLETE JANUARY WANTED, February, March, COMPLETE MARCH WANTED, April Part 1, April Part 2, May, COMPLETE MAY WANTED, JUNE WANTED, July, August Part 1, August Part 2, August Part 3, SEPTEMBER WANTED, October, November, December
1930 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November DECEMBER WANTED
1945 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Undated ALL OTHER 1945 ISSUES WANTED
1947 — Undated. ALL 1947 ISSUES WANTED
1948 — JANUARY WANTED, FEBRUARY WANTED, MARCH WANTED, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, NOVEMBER WANTED, December
1949 — JANUARY WANTED, FEBRUARY WANTED, MARCH WANTED, April, May, June, JULY WANTED, August, September, October, November, December
1950 — January, FEBRUARY WANTED, March, April, May, June, July, AUGUST WANTED, September, October, November, December
1951 — January, February, March, April, MAY WANTED, June, July, COMPLETE JULY WANTED, AUGUST WANTED, September, October, COMPLETE OCTOBER WANTED, November, December
1952 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, AUGUST WANTED, September, October, NOVEMBER WANTED, December
1953 — January, February, MARCH WANTED, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1954 — JANUARY WANTED, February, March, APRIL WANTED, May, June, July, August, September, October, NOVEMBER WANTED (NOT SURE IF ISSUED), December
1955 — January, February, March, April, COMPLETE APRIL WANTED, May, June, COMPLETE JUNE WANTED, July, August, September, October, November, December
1956 — January, February, March, April, MAY WANTED, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1957 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November-December
1958 — JANUARY-FEBRUARY WANTED, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1959 — January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1960 — November
1961 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1962 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1963 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1964 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1965 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1966 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August (missing pp 3-6), September, October, November, December
1967 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October (Complete Issue Needed), November, December
1968 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1969 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1970 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1971 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1972 — February-March, April-May, June-July, August-September, October-November, December ‘72-January ‘73
1973 — February-March, April-May, June-July, August-September, October-November, December ‘73-January ‘74
1974 — February-March, April-May, June-July, August-September, October-November, December ‘74-January ‘75
1975 — February-March
1979 — Winter, Spring-Summer, Fall
1982 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall ‘82-Winter’83
Frankenstein Trestle, Notes on the Name of
Maps
Right of Way and Track Maps. See Valuation
Passenger Equipment
Parlor, Sleeping, and Dining Car Service, 26 June 1916
Postwar Passenger Equipment Roster, by Peter Espy
Pine Tree Flyer. A magazine about Maine railroad history. Six issues were published between 1981 and 1983. Publication was suspended and never resumed.
Schedule of Valuation Sections (TIFF Image), June 30, 1916
Stations. Handbook of Officers, Agents, Stations and Sidings, 1917. (Digital Commons)
Locomotives
Steam. Early (from R&LHS Bulletin)
Time Tables
Arrival and Departure of Boston and Maine and Maine Central Trains at Portland Union Station, 20 January 1918. (Portland Terminal Company)
Employee Time Table No. 34, Maine Central, Sept. 24, 1922, Eastern Div.
Employee Time Table No. 1, Maine Central, Apr. 30, 1933, System
Employee Time Table No. 2, Maine Central, Jun. 26, 1933, System
Employee Time Table No. 4, Maine Central, Apr. 29, 2934, System
Employee Time Table No. 8, Maine Central, Sept. 29, 1935, System
Employee Time Table No. 8, Maine Central, Supplement No. 2, March 1936
Employee Time Table No. 21, Maine Central, Apr. 27, 1941. Schedules
Employee Time Table No. 21, Maine Central, Apr. 27, 1941. Rules
Employee Time Table No. 22, Portland Terminal Company, Apr. 27, 1930
Official Guide, April 1913, MECRR section
Passenger Time Table, June 23, 1913. Maine Central Part A
Passenger Time Table, June 23, 1913. Maine Central Part B
Passenger Time Table, June 1930. Maine Central Part A
Passenger Time Table, June 1930. Maine Central Part B
Passenger Time Table, April 28, 1946. Maine Central
Passenger Time Table, October 30, 1955. Maine Central
Employee Time Table No. 22, Nov 11, 1973 (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Employee Time Table No. 1, May 14, 1978 (Digital File from R. Todd Minsk Collection)
Valuation
Right of Way and Track Maps (Valuation Plans, Valmaps, Valplans)
Valuation Sections Index Map, 1916
Valuation Sections, Schedule of, 1916
Valuation Sections, Schedule of, compiled by Robert P. Fuller, 2010