Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad

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The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad is a former railroad company in New Hampshire and Vermont ( United States ). It was founded on December 27, 1844 and extended the then existing standard gauge main line Boston - Concord north to Wells River (Vermont) on the Connecticut River . The railway line was opened in sections from 1848 to 1853.

On February 1, 1859, the BCM leased the White Mountains Railroad , which had built a route from Woodsville in an easterly direction. The final merger took place in 1873. The Whitefield and Jefferson Railroad built railroad lines from Whitefield to Jefferson and Berlin . The management, however, was the responsibility of Boston, Concord & Montreal, which the company later also leased. On February 1, 1882, the BCM finally leased the Pemigewasset Valley Railroad , which operated a railway branching off from the main line to Lincoln in Plymouth .

The BCM was leased on June 1, 1884 by the Boston and Lowell Railroad for 99 years. The contract was terminated on September 19, 1889, when the BCM merged with Concord Railroad to Concord and Montreal Railroad . In 1895, however, the Boston and Maine Railroad took over the entire network. Today only the sections Concord – Lincoln, used by Pan Am Railways , and Littleton –Waumbec Junction, owned by the New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad , are in operation. All other lines of the former BCM are closed. Between Tilton and Lincoln, the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad and Hobo Railroad run tourist trips.

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The following routes were operated by Boston, Concord & Montreal at the time of the merger with Concord Railroad:

literature

  • George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. 2nd edition. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5

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