Francis D. Donovan Papers. undated, 1829-1997.

ArchivalResource

Francis D. Donovan Papers. undated, 1829-1997.

Francis D. Donovan (1917-2005) was a resident of Medway, Massachusetts, and an avid railroad photograph and memorabilia collector and researcher, particularly of materials associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor lines. His papers consist of his writings and research files about the railroad; photographs of stations, engines, and railroad scenes; maps, scrapbooks, postcards and timetables.

eng,

Related Entities

There are 333 Entities related to this resource.

Seaboard Airline Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c35p81 (corporateBody)

Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

Old Colony Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m52z3 (corporateBody)

Western Massachusetts Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66g1sw2 (corporateBody)

C.W.B. Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6587cc8 (corporateBody)

Great Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz4f27 (corporateBody)

Lowell & Boston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx8h2v (corporateBody)

Great Western Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q86dxf (corporateBody)

Goodman Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6849s0m (corporateBody)

Atlantic Shore Line Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs7zb9 (corporateBody)

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q97d4v (corporateBody)

Central Vermont Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r26skr (corporateBody)

Boston & Albany Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bx3gks (corporateBody)

Texas Midland Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk7jdj (corporateBody)

Brockton Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj2s5j (corporateBody)

Shelbourne Falls and Colerain Street Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fd12p5 (corporateBody)

West End Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64s3v3t (corporateBody)

Locomotives de Lancienne Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx7kw5 (corporateBody)

Linwood Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t7qt0 (corporateBody)

London, Brighton & South Coast Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dm1fpg (corporateBody)

New York & Harlem River Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b47gr (corporateBody)

Union Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h292cb (corporateBody)

Société alsacienne de constructions mécaniques.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w8dtb (corporateBody)

Frisco Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ss50hh (corporateBody)

Nantasket Beach Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt8wgv (corporateBody)

Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jg0x4k (corporateBody)

Newburyport & Amesbury Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69n0b3n (corporateBody)

Commonwealth Avenue Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61133bb (corporateBody)

Magama Arizona Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g7qkv (corporateBody)

Northern Massachusetts Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt4s41 (corporateBody)

Rahway Valley Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c989j8 (corporateBody)

Third Avenue Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6073g6v (corporateBody)

Eastern Mass Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60x4ckt (corporateBody)

Brockton & Plymouth Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb97mx (corporateBody)

Great Northwestern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d097cs (corporateBody)

Sacramento Northern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq623g (corporateBody)

Delaware & Hudson Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g89dp8 (corporateBody)

Louisville & Nashville Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w620778k (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6200566 (corporateBody)

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh3c5t (corporateBody)

Montour Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf71g1 (corporateBody)

Somerset & Dorset Junction Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dq05kg (corporateBody)

Steam Village Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s3429c (corporateBody)

Norwich Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69183p6 (corporateBody)

Tennessee & West North Carolina Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn7d8n (corporateBody)

Albion Mines Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc84d1 (corporateBody)

Boston & Worcester Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68n3932 (corporateBody)

Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc5541 (corporateBody)

Rockport Granite Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj8q5c (corporateBody)

Edaville Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd7806 (corporateBody)

Milford & Bigbee Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j83h2s (corporateBody)

Barre & Chelsea Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kz1g0x (corporateBody)

Grafton & Upton Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d95btf (corporateBody)

Boston Elevated Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm9f32 (corporateBody)

Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg & New Bedford Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m88mf (corporateBody)

Manhattan Elevated Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c0368f (corporateBody)

Milford, Holliston & Framingham Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x6fw7 (corporateBody)

Godchaud Sugar Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n74m8p (corporateBody)

Lowell & Fitchburg Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m2c6n (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk8h73 (corporateBody)

Blue Hill Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67c04pd (corporateBody)

Albert Sheldon

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r65x0s (person)

Bay State Street Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b75ss (corporateBody)

Ulster & Delware Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f5wbx (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d3k0m (corporateBody)

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Holyoke Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rp9899 (corporateBody)

Sanford Eastern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6432x6q (corporateBody)

North Woburn Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg5x79 (corporateBody)

Hetch Hetchy Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6062xq7 (corporateBody)

Brimstone Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s91g7c (corporateBody)

Black Rock & Salisbury Beach Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c9891j (corporateBody)

Grafton & Uxbridge Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ts21pb (corporateBody)

Union Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z7zwp (corporateBody)

The Union Pacific Railroad is the largest railroad network in the United States. The railroad was incorporated on 1 July 1862 in the wake of the Pacific Railroad Act. From the guide to the Union Pacific Railroad vouchers, 1899, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) At the turn of the century Montana copper-king and Senator William A. Clark incorporated the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad intending to connect the Los Angeles port of San Pedro, Califo...

Camp Manufacturing Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg2zpq (corporateBody)

New England Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn1ghz (corporateBody)

Hul Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bx3gp4 (corporateBody)

Providence, Worcester, & Boston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc47v0 (corporateBody)

Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt9smp (corporateBody)

Mount Tomalpais & Muir Woods Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k6f3x (corporateBody)

Thameshaven Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xz0jt7 (corporateBody)

Norway & Paris Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v85jtm (corporateBody)

S.L.D.W. Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64s3v7m (corporateBody)

Lehigh & New England Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj9m8r (corporateBody)

Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69183ww (corporateBody)

Minneapolis Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v6mkn (corporateBody)

Lake Michigan Shoreline Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s6sss (corporateBody)

Missouri Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g86pn0 (corporateBody)

Claremont & Concord Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c40wjj (corporateBody)

Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf42r6 (corporateBody)

Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Saint Louis Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn1gt0 (corporateBody)

Somerset Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf5jhw (corporateBody)

The Somerset Railroad was founded in 1861 in Oakland, Maine. Reorganized in 1883 as the Somerset Railway, it was sold in 1904 to the Kennebec Valley Railroad Co. and in 1911 to Maine Central. It dissolved in 1929. From the description of Construction and equipment day book, 1868-1883 / Somerset Rail Road. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 436936426 ...

Japanese Imperial Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g0398m (corporateBody)

Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn4fz6 (corporateBody)

S.E. & C. Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q97d93 (corporateBody)

Mount Washington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p71nwb (corporateBody)

Boston & Lynn Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63938gk (corporateBody)

Delaware, Lakawana & Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x22767 (corporateBody)

West Shore Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g60qrs (corporateBody)

Pacific Great Eastern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r65qgk (corporateBody)

Augusta, Winthrop & Gardiner Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn4fpm (corporateBody)

Boston Elevated Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66k0hn8 (corporateBody)

Portland Terminal Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68212tz (corporateBody)

Société nationale des chemins de fer français.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp3sw4 (corporateBody)

Albany & Hudson Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61996bm (corporateBody)

Chatham & Lebanon Valley Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sd05ks (corporateBody)

Bath & Hammondsport Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69f08bw (corporateBody)

Springfield Electric Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w82m53 (corporateBody)

Les Locomotives Francaises Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67c04t6 (corporateBody)

Southern Pacific railroad company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p30q33 (corporateBody)

The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Dan Malloy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69n0h9d (person)

Middlesex & Boston Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv8pjk (corporateBody)

Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr92sq (corporateBody)

Sabanilla & Maroto F.C. Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m77kk4 (corporateBody)

Berkshire Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t5p7d (corporateBody)

Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn7dtt (corporateBody)

Portland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz7cr6 (corporateBody)

Kennebec Lewiston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw4m17 (corporateBody)

Burlington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6684d55 (corporateBody)

Kansas City Southern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd713s (corporateBody)

Mount Tom Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw3pmd (corporateBody)

Concord, Maynard & Hudson Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6170hhg (corporateBody)

French Supply Council Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch5pxp (corporateBody)

Boston, Lowell & Northern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w8gf2 (corporateBody)

White Pass & Yukon Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm9f6d (corporateBody)

Berlin Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb5cr8 (corporateBody)

Milford & Woonsocket Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xv1vph (corporateBody)

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1nkc (corporateBody)

Frisco Lines Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn7d93 (corporateBody)

Donovan, Francis D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m62jbb (person)

Francis D. Donovan was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts, on June 29, 1917 . His love of railroads was fostered by his father, Daniel F. Donovan, a section foreman on the Wrentham branch of the Old Colony Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (better known as the New Haven Railroad ). Although Daniel Donovan ended his employment with the railroad to become a policeman or security guard soon after his son was born, he retained his own interest in the railroad and f...

Central New England Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn89ht (corporateBody)

Quincy & Boston Street Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc77d0 (corporateBody)

Williams, George B., 1862-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6031hgq (person)

United States Military Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg9ng9 (corporateBody)

Pere Marquette Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032hg3 (corporateBody)

The company was incorporated in Michigan on November 1, 1899. Reorganized as Pere Marquette Railway Company in April 1917. December 6, 1899 purchased Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company. December 7, 1899 purchased Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company. October 1, 1900 purchased Muskegon Lake Railroad Company. May 6, 1900 purchased Bay City Belt Line Railroad Company, Grand Rapids, Belding & Saginaw Railroad Company, Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Rai...

Saint Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv7s5m (corporateBody)

Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x97n4m (corporateBody)

Taunton & Pawtucket Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb5c9f (corporateBody)

Boston & Providence Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65017sz (corporateBody)

Grand Trunk Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc3jv9 (corporateBody)

Cain Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66270g9 (corporateBody)

Housatonic Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s4kvh (corporateBody)

Erie Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z088fp (corporateBody)

New York Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs065w (corporateBody)

The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853. However, it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s and 1890s the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland from the east and west. During the early twentieth century the railroad built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that wer...

Canada & Gulf Terminal Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f8v53 (corporateBody)

Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr423c (corporateBody)

Mason Locomotive Works Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x79mxk (corporateBody)

Bangor Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qh4t73 (corporateBody)

Edinburgh Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b75vp (corporateBody)

Daniel Donovan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6px2qb8 (person)

Eastern Taunton Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr70ts (corporateBody)

Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gw1n7h (corporateBody)

Springfield Term Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c40wbv (corporateBody)

Orono Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bx3gwt (corporateBody)

Peabody, Salem & Beverly Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6044rrp (corporateBody)

Lehigh Valley Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq9nf4 (corporateBody)

Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad Co.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n8t4r (corporateBody)

National Railroad of Mexico Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn5c5b (corporateBody)

Philippine Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t5pr4 (corporateBody)

Brookline Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68r20sz (corporateBody)

New Haven & Hartford Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tp0g39 (corporateBody)

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k3gqk (corporateBody)

Chicago & North Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz3hmz (corporateBody)

Midland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dh2r11 (corporateBody)

Jersey Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k3gnp (corporateBody)

Manchester Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg2zkc (corporateBody)

Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n62bq3 (corporateBody)

Manson Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6849rx9 (corporateBody)

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p0qr6 (corporateBody)

Northern Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd091b (corporateBody)

Newburyport Car Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j83gw4 (corporateBody)

Claremont Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xj5rfj (corporateBody)

French National Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd712b (corporateBody)

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6713nxf (corporateBody)

Canadian Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j63mg (corporateBody)

Saint Louis & Southern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t5pdn (corporateBody)

Knox Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nj0qzg (corporateBody)

Worcester Consolidated Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r3719s (corporateBody)

Frank Pearson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z19dqn (person)

Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck39ng (corporateBody)

The Newburgh, Dutchess, and Coonecticut Railroad was a shortline that ran from Beacon to Millerton, New York. It was originally chartered in 1866 as the Dutches and Columbia Railroad, but reoragnized and renamed in 1877. In 1904, this line was acquired by the New York, Hew Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. The Clove Brach line operated from the iron ore mines near Sylvan Lake to the mainline at Hopewell Junction. From the description of Records, 1877-1905. (New York State Library...

Milford, Attleboro, & Woonsocket Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h9kk2 (corporateBody)

Walter R. Figg

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg91rg (person)

Henschel & John Kassel Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb68sr (corporateBody)

Penn Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w53wcf (corporateBody)

Connecticut Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f52ntz (corporateBody)

Saint Clair Tunnel Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w53wst (corporateBody)

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq5gp3 (corporateBody)

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz3hnd (corporateBody)

Rocky Nook Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp475q (corporateBody)

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n96qm (corporateBody)

Wood River Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fp75xk (corporateBody)

Ansonia, Derby & Birmingham

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f92csk (corporateBody)

Cie Haitenne du Wharf Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d66mp9 (corporateBody)

Southern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph7s3q (corporateBody)

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p32m42 (corporateBody)

New Haven Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fd12sh (corporateBody)

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj5p87 (corporateBody)

The MBTA is the state agency responsible for the public transportation system in the Boston metropolitan area. From the description of Glass plate collection on the MBTA, 1896-1940 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234360181 The Boston Elevated Railway Company was established in 1894 and replaced successively by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947 and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1964. From the description of Boa...

Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vk1p6s (corporateBody)

Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k3g1m (corporateBody)

Boston & Lowell Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j54ssv (corporateBody)

Biddeford & Saco Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62q128g (corporateBody)

Rutland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k3gc3 (corporateBody)

Maine Central Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc75dx (corporateBody)

In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

Detriot, Toledo & Ironton Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t2q8f (corporateBody)

Brockton & Taunton Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h6mp0 (corporateBody)

Kennebec Coal & Wharf Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr34rf (corporateBody)

Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j32wt (corporateBody)

Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf434j (corporateBody)

Boston Electric Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bd9zj7 (corporateBody)

T.M.C. Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xz0jw4 (corporateBody)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb3b0f (corporateBody)

Norfolk Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r089sq (corporateBody)

Narragansett Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w8gc5 (corporateBody)

Donovan, Francis D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m62jbb (person)

Francis D. Donovan was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts, on June 29, 1917 . His love of railroads was fostered by his father, Daniel F. Donovan, a section foreman on the Wrentham branch of the Old Colony Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (better known as the New Haven Railroad ). Although Daniel Donovan ended his employment with the railroad to become a policeman or security guard soon after his son was born, he retained his own interest in the railroad and f...

Texas Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr9ztt (corporateBody)

Santa Fe Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t88hns (corporateBody)

Mount Hope Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p71nrj (corporateBody)

Nanhant & Lynn Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h2920d (corporateBody)

Claredon & Pittsford Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr34w7 (corporateBody)

Florida East Coast Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k98795 (corporateBody)

Burlington & Missouri River Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw6nvz (corporateBody)

Lynn & Boxford Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b43vfm (corporateBody)

Ferrocarilles del Valle de Mexico Railroad/

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dq05d7 (corporateBody)

Rockland & Abington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p42zd4 (corporateBody)

Massachusetss Bay Transportation Authority Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h2927j (corporateBody)

Levensverzekering Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb39sb (corporateBody)

Pacific Coast Borax Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w255vr (corporateBody)

Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k80j7m (corporateBody)

New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66270bh (corporateBody)

Northern Pacific Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d66n0r (corporateBody)

Potter, Gene

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q2wdt (person)

Burlington, Billerica, North Billerica Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b75w4 (corporateBody)

Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n74mbk (corporateBody)

ConRail

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b9ndv (corporateBody)

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on February 10, 1976, for the purpose of taking over the viable portions of the Penn Central Transportation Company and other bankrupt Northeastern railroads as determined by the 1975 Final System Plan of the United States Railway Association. Conrail''s securities were owned by the federal government for funds advanced, and by its employees for wage and hours givebacks. Initial operation was as troubled and unprofitabl...

Saint Louis Southwestern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kv2rch (corporateBody)

Long Island Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r50m7 (corporateBody)

Green Bay & Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69q921j (corporateBody)

Mount Hope Industries Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f34zrv (corporateBody)

Providence & Worcester Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m88dr (corporateBody)

The Providence & Worcestor Railroad was incorporated in Massachusetts as the Providence and Worcester Railway on March 12, 1844, and as the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Rhode Island in May 1844. The two companies merged November 25, 1845, as the Providence and Worcester Railroad . The company bought the Blackstone Canal, also running between Providence, Rhode Island, and Worcester, Massachusetts, and began construction, partly on its banks, in 1845. The line opened in tw...

Texas & Brazos Valley Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk5j10 (corporateBody)

Cumberland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd70wp (corporateBody)

Virginian Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq849p (corporateBody)

Old Colony & Newport Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q1197x (corporateBody)

Somerset Traction Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw6nxv (corporateBody)

East Branch & Lincoln Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63938xd (corporateBody)

Baldwin Locomotive Works Experimental Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ct1tfn (corporateBody)

J. H. French

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc5b09 (person)

Central Pacific Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r29jsp (corporateBody)

Cape Cod Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w255t9 (corporateBody)

Albany Southern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6267jb8 (corporateBody)

Chicago & Alton Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6975hkr (corporateBody)

Boston & Maine Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tw0qrs (corporateBody)

Wabash Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p6xpx (corporateBody)

Penrhyn Quarry Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw9mm7 (corporateBody)

Steamtown Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6558ng8 (corporateBody)

Saint Louis Southwestern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kv2rch (corporateBody)

Springfield Terminal Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n176f1 (corporateBody)

Quincy & Boston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67r4z9q (corporateBody)

Fitchburg Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w58rn (corporateBody)

Monandock Northern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr70x4 (corporateBody)

Bay State Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nt6vb3 (corporateBody)

Southern New York Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c126b9 (corporateBody)

Minneapolis Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d01t19 (corporateBody)

Norfolk & Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m48vqk (corporateBody)

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v284px (corporateBody)

New York, Providence & Boston Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm4dhn (corporateBody)

Warwick Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61m59kk (corporateBody)

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p930c6 (corporateBody)

Alaska Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6643dks (corporateBody)

The Alaska Railroad began operating in 1923, under the Alaska Railroad Commission (previously the Alaskan Engineering Commission). From the description of Alaska Railroad tour lantern slide collection [graphic], 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 56507928 During World War II, the Alaska Railroad was used by the army to transport military personnel, supplies, and construction materials between Seward, Whittier, Anchorage, and Fairbanks. To facilitate these activities and to...

Monandock, Steamtown & Northern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs5wvn (corporateBody)

Boston & Northern Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6490b3n (corporateBody)

Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q68ppp (corporateBody)

Boston & New York City Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk5jfc (corporateBody)

Richmond Washington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67c0536 (corporateBody)

Central of Georgia Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66k0hhg (corporateBody)

Texas Pacific Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b721r (corporateBody)

West Roxbury & Roslindale Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6752r9m (corporateBody)

Clinchfield Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q2934g (corporateBody)

Aroostook Valley Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dq050v (corporateBody)

Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jc26kf (corporateBody)

Suncook Valley Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn9frr (corporateBody)

Reading Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k51tnn (corporateBody)

Troy & New England Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k9d91 (corporateBody)

New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk0g8w (corporateBody)

For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York. Approximately one hundred small independent railroads were built in southern New England between 1826 and the 1880s. B...

Penn Central

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g3210c (corporateBody)

Amesbury Newburyport Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ds8vfp (corporateBody)

Illinois Central Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r392q (corporateBody)

William Mason

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pt409v (person)

Fletcher, Jennings & Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx8h4r (corporateBody)

North Carolina & Saint Louis Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6238v2r (corporateBody)

Nord Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h00brg (corporateBody)

Georgetown Loop Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c04sjf (corporateBody)

Western Maryland Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k51tfz (corporateBody)

Nickel Plate Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m76mjq (corporateBody)

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Nickel Plate Railroad The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, better known as the Nickel Plate Railroad, was founded in 1881. It connected Buffalo and Chicago by way of Cleveland, Ohio. When the line was completed, the company was christened the "Nickel Plated Road" by the editor of the Norwalk Chronicle. This nickname was formally adopted by the railroad for its trade name and subsequ...

Robbins Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd42cz (corporateBody)

Lincoln Lombards Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k3gjb (corporateBody)

Quebec & Lake Saint John Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6529xz6 (corporateBody)

Taunton Branch Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c889vz (corporateBody)

Canadian National Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s05c9f (corporateBody)

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w662703c (corporateBody)

Rock of Ages Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6849s4d (corporateBody)

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd711w (corporateBody)

Conway Scenic Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q118pb (corporateBody)

Milford & Uxbridge Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h29280 (corporateBody)

P.L.M. Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr34vs (corporateBody)

Kennebec Central Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mj3psn (corporateBody)

Montpelier & Wells River Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp54k0 (corporateBody)

Hartford Connecticut Western Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h57r8j (corporateBody)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h00bxq (corporateBody)

Portsmouth Electric Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn7dj7 (corporateBody)

Pacific Electric Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq634g (corporateBody)

Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6849s5v (corporateBody)

New York & New England Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng9n18 (corporateBody)

Central New England Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn6k6h (corporateBody)

Joe Page

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c98fwd (person)

Albert Griggs

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f62nd (person)

Shepaug Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w430mg (corporateBody)

Naugatuck Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z91n4 (corporateBody)

Boston, Revere Beach, & Lynn Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x50xbk (corporateBody)

Medway & Dedham Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf4zrv (corporateBody)

Marlboro & Westboro Street Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6781f7n (corporateBody)

Wolfeboro Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b470g (corporateBody)

McArthur Brothers Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h86ftn (corporateBody)

Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61x1dtj (corporateBody)

Boston & Worcester Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t5pf3 (corporateBody)

Lynn & Boston Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63271h7 (corporateBody)

Mason Machine Works Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61x1f40 (corporateBody)

Milford, Holliston & Framingham Street Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz6gnt (corporateBody)

Jacksonville, Saint Augusta & Indian River Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z76nzm (corporateBody)

Boston & New York Air Line Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g039j6 (corporateBody)

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq84mq (corporateBody)

Groveton Paper Company Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pq565w (corporateBody)

Ulster & Delaware Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q400fj (corporateBody)

J.G. Brill Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v795p (corporateBody)

Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs4386 (corporateBody)