The Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society maintains its physical archive of railroad photos and documents at 40 French Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.

General Information About the B&MRRHS Archives

• Consult the Guide To The B&MRRHS Archives

• Read the Archives Committee Report for 2022

• Search our Subject Classifications.

• Search the CATALOG. The catalog is a list of all cataloged material in our Archives at Lowell, organized by subject classification number.

B&MRRHS ONLINE ARCHIVES

The items linked on this page are representative of the types of materials that can be found at our physical archive at Lowell

PART 1. REFERENCE MATERIALS

Updated February 22, 2023

• Abandonments — See ABANDONMENT NOTICES page

• 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

• 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)

  • Introduction to Second Series

  • 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. XXXIII, No. 4 (2023), compiled by Jack Dziadul

• B&M Bulletin Index compiled by Dick Lynch. (Through Vol. XXVI, No. 1)

• 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-15 (2-6-0) Mogul large format drawing list

• 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)

  • Lowell Before the Civil War

  • Plan of Lowell Village, Boyden, 1835

  • Boston and Lowell Railroad (Narrative, from Summer Saunterings by the B & L (1885))

  • Locomotive Race of 1851

  • Along the Route of the Boston and Lowell

  • Early Days of Railroading in Lowell

• Boston and Maine Industries, Inc. Exchange Offer to Shareholders of Boston and Maine Corporation (11 Feb 1969)

• Boston Terminal Photo File Organization, prepared by Dan O’Brien

• C Class (4-6-0) Ten-Wheeler large format drawing list

• 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.

  • Excel Transcription

  • Scans of original pages available and derived data here (done!)

• 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 only

    • PDF index (updated 17-Oct-2020)

    • Excel Index (updated 17-Oct-2020)

    • Scans of original pages available here

  • Car Books (1923 - 1960)
    Include purchases, re-numberings, disposals

    • Car Books index (Excel) (updated 25-Oct-2020)

    • Car Books Index (PDF) (updated 25-Oct-2020)

    • Scans of original pages available here

• 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

• 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

• Conway Daily Sun, February 22, 2020 - “Return of the Snow Train: All Aboooard to Attitash!” (Articles on Snow Train history and Conway Scenic’s 2020 Snow Train revival)

• A Descriptive Guidebook to the Railway Route Between Boston and Burlington, via Lowell and Concord, 1850

  • 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 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 Prestion Cook

• Drawing Numbers, Assignment of, Mechanical Department, c1928, transcribed from original in Harry Frye Collection

• Brandeis and the NH-B&M Merger Battle Revisited by Abrams-1962

• Engine House and Turntable Notes

• 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

• 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…)

    • Scans of original pages available here

  • 1955 book
    Note the “index” pages are a bit muddled, they may be out of order?

    • Scans of original pages available here

• Frye Collection -- Photo Credit Codes

• G-11 (0-6-0) switcher large format drawing list

• 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

• 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

  Historic Railroad Stations of New Hampshire pamphlet

• 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

  • Map Folder Index

  • Station Folder Index

  • Loco Classification By Types

  • Miscellaneous

  • Motive Power--Diesels

  • Railroad Poems

  • Summary

  • Industries, 1955, compiler unknown

• ICC Freight Statistics (1917-1963) compiled by Ken Akerboom

  • Notes on the ICC Freight Commodity Statistics by Ken Akerboom

• K Class (2-8-0) Consolidation large format drawing list

• Large format scans, Catalog of

• Lettering

  • K10 Font, drawn by Ken Akerboom

  • K10 Font, Notes by Ken Akerboom

• Locomotive Assignments (Notes)

• 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

• Minuteman Steam Addenda

• Map: B&MRR at Its Greatest Extent, 1915

• 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. 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

• Milk. Bellows Falls Creamery, by Brad Blodget

• Milk Supply of Boston, 1898

• Modelers Notes Index 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

• 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, in Mechanical Department below:

  • Painting and Lettering Coaches, Mech. Dept. Diagram SP-553-9 dated 8-19-1948

  • 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 RS2s and RS3s 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)

  • Paint Diagram - EMD E7A 3800, 1945

• 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

• Periodicals Held in B&MRRHS Archives

• 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

• Railroad Periodicals, 1920

• 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

• Right of Way and Track Maps - Index

• Rochester, N.H., Railroading at,1934 by R.E. Fisher, includes map

• Salisbury Branch History. See Amesbury Branch History.

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps with B&M Trackage

• Shelf List — ICC Survey Volumes Held

• Shops, Notes About

• Signal Chronology [1947-1990], by Daniel E. Horgan (1990), scanned and submitted by Carl R. Byron

• Standard Plan Books Edited By Alan LePain, Index

• Station Data Base, compiled by Rick Nowell

• 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

• 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

• Turntable Notes

• 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 ON-LINE

Boston & Maine Railroad

Accounting Department 

Contract Bureau

Updated January 2020

• 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.

Employee Magazines and Magazine Articles

• Dinosaur Fossils at Holyoke, 1936, 1937

• New Icer Speeds Perishables, Jul-Aug 1950

• Our Service, April 1917

• Post Office on Wheels

• Railroad Man Started the Harvard-Yale Regatta

Engineering Department

Updated July 2021

• Bridge List, Fitchburg RR, c1890

• Characteristic Charts, 1955

• 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.

• Key to Track Map, Chart, and Profile Symbols

• Paints for structures, 1921, rev. to 1926

• 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

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, January 11, 1974.

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, January 18, 1974.

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, December 30, 1974.

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, January 14, 1975.

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, January 22, 1975.

• Snow Removal Costs at Manchester Yard, January 23, 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

  • Valuation Sections 1 - 7.8

  • Valuation Sections 7.8 - 17

  • Valuation Sections 17 - 32.1

  • Valuation Sections 32.1 - 38.2

  • Valuation Sections 38.2 - 59

• Turntables, All Divisions, Dec. 1925

  • Digital restoration, by Scott J. Whitney (December 2019)

Executive Department

Updated July 20, 2023

• Annual Reports. See Annual Reports page

• 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

• Road Operated June 30, 1915

• Organization Chart c1925-1927

Corporate History

• Contents - Page 33

• Page 34 - Page 63

• Page 64 - Page 89

• Page 90 - Page 123

• Page 124 - Page 157

• Page 158 - Page 176

• Addendum

  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.

Federal Railroad Administration

Updated January 2020

• Accident Report No. 4189 - October 2, 1972 Head-On Collision at Belchertown, MA between B&M Work Extra 1125 and CV Extra 4929 South (Provided by Tom Murray, 11/3/2021)

Finance Department

Interstate Commerce Commission

• Investigation No. 2378 - September 10, 1939 Collapse of Portsmouth Bridge and Loss of B&M P-2 #3666

Legal Department

Updated January 2020

• 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

Updated December 2020

• Intermodal Services Routing Announcement, late 1970s

• Office of Marketing & Sales Notice - Moving from Elm Street, Manchester, NH to Billerica, MA, 1979. -

Mechanical Department

• Barre & Chelsea RR and Montpelier & Wells River RR Equipment Roster, March 1925

• Budd Car Diagrams

• Diesel Classification

• Diesel Out of Service and Mileage Record, 1943-55 courtesy of Carl R. Byron

• Engine Houses and Turntables, Dec. 29, 1899

• Engine Houses, Fitchburg Division, 1928

• Freight Car Classification 1907

• How the B&M Uses Budd Rail Diesel Cars, 1958

• Locomotive Performance. BC&MRR. 1880s

• 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 RS2s and RS3s 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)

• Paint Diagram - EMD E7A 3800, 1945

• 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

• Rail Motor Cars, Sept. 1935

• Repairs to Locomotive Cranes at Concord, NH Shop, 1947

• Steam Locomotive Classification, June 7, 1928. Part 1

• Steam Locomotive Classification, June 7, 1928. Part 2

• Summary of Equipment, November 1, 1959

• Summary of Equipment, January 1, 1962

• Summary of Equipment, January 1, 1982

• Turntables. All Divisions. Dec. 1925

• Work Equipment Roster, partial, 1947

Operating Department

Updated February 22, 2023

• 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.

• 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

• Freight Clerk Vacancy, Manchester, NH, February 9, 1974

• Freight Train Symbol Book No. 42, Nov. 14, 1943

• Freight Train Symbol Book No. 80, Oct. 25, 1964

• List of Pullman Lines on the B&M, Nov 1905

• 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

• Operating Rules 1872

• 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

• 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

Updated February 18, 2020

• “700 New Freight Cars for B&M” - Lowell Sun, Nov. 27, 1973

• “Are the Railroads Returning"?” - New Hampshire Times, Nov. 28, 1973

• “Award Winner” - Lowell Sun, May 31, 1977

• “B&M Group Fails Bid to Liquidate” - Boston Evening Globe, Aug. 28, 1973

• “B&M Makes a Comeback” - Lowell Sun, October 13, 1974

• “B&M Passenger Train Makes Last Run in NH” - Manchester Union Leader, July 1, 1967

  • Related photos

• “B&M Plows Ahead Under Dustin” - New Englander, 1977

• “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 Trustees Submit Plan, Say Will Revive Road’s Health by ‘75” - Wall Street Journal, Dec. 31, 1971

• “B&M Would Buy 600 Employees Out of Jobs” - Boston Herald, July 25, 1973

• “Battling Woods Fire” - Lowell Sun, May 28, 1974

• “Boston & Maine’s Cherington Eyes Elimination 600 Jobs to Save Road” - Boston Globe, 1972

• “Boston & Maine Files Amended Plea to Buy Some Bonds in Default” - Wall Street Journal, Aug. 19, 1977

• “Bow Plant has 50-Day Supply” - Concord Monitor, 1977

• “Bow: Less Than 50 Days Coal Supply Explained” - Concord Monitor, December 6, 1977

• “Caboose Fire” - Eagle-Tribune, December 6, 1978

• Circus Train Photo, Greenfield Recorder, 1977

• “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

  • Part 2

• Fairlee, VT derailment and explosion - Various news sources, November 1975

• “Fewer Trains Keep Drivers Off Guard” - Nashua Telegraph, May 24, 1979

• Flying Yankee photo, Concord Monitor, July 18, 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

• “Lunch Break” - Eagle-Tribune, August 10, 1977

• “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 Line’s Potential Enthuses Dearness” - Lakes Region Trader, Sept. 22, 1982 (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

• “Rhythm of the Rails” - NH Sunday News, April 14, 1985

• “Riding the Rails to Acton” - unknown publication, 1970s

• “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

• “Stopped to Refuel the Animals” - Lowell Sun, May 24, 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)

• “Those B&M Cutbacks” - Boston Globe, 1979

• “Tie Job Nears End” - Nashua Telegraph, June 30, 1977

• “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

• “Tunnel Work Hits $1M Tag” - Greenfield Recorder, 1979

• “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

Updated July 2021

• Semaphore Blades

  • Wood Signal Blades

  • Enameled Steel Signal Blades

Traffic Department

• Customers (Largest) 1951

• 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

• Freight Traffic Density (Chart), 1956

• Handbook to Suburban Homes, Sea-Shore, Lakes, and Mountains 1874

• Local Carload Commodity Tariff and Freight Rates, June 15, 1969

• Pan Am Railways Map, 2013

• Passenger Time Table, Summer 1907, Part 1

• Passenger Time Table, Summer 1907, Part 2

• Passenger Time Table, September 30, 1917 A- pp 1-32

• Passenger Time Table, September 30, 1917 B- pp 33-60

• Passenger Time Table, September 30, 1917 C- pp 61-80

• Passenger Time Table, September 30, 1917 D- pp 81-96

• Passenger Time Table, September 29, 1929 A- pp 3-17

• Passenger Time Table, September 29, 1929 B- pp 18-33

• Passenger Time Table, September 29, 1929 C- pp 34-50

• Railroading on the Boston and Maine (2016 Reprint of 1952 brochure)

• Snow Train Brochure from winter of 1938-9

• Snow Train Brochure from winter of 1940-41

• Snow train menu, 1939

• System Map, 1930

Maine Central Railroad

The Maine Central Railroad has 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 also 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 era the two roads have been operated as a single system.

Most of the MEC materials that we present in our On-Line Archives were submitted and scanned by Archives Committee member David Ashenden.

• Maine Central Abandonments

• Accounting Equipment, 1924 (MECRR Magazine)

• Chronology, 1976 (MEC Messenger)

• Frankenstein Trestle, Notes on the Name of

• Rules Review Book, March 1943, pp 1-17, pp 18-33

• Maine Central Railroad. Schedule of Valuation Sections (TIFF Image), June 30, 1916

• Parlor, Sleeping, and Dining Car Service, 26 June 1916

• Passenger Equipment, Postwar Roster, by Peter Espy. Submitted by Rick Hurst

• Pine Tree Flyer. A magazine about the history of railroads in Maine. Six issues were published between 1981 and 1983. Publication was suspended and never resumed.

  • Vol. 1 No. 1 (1981)

  • Vol. 1 No. 2 (1982)

  • Vol. 1 No. 3 (1982)

  • Vol. 1 No. 4 (1982)

  • Vol. 2 No. 1 (1982)

  • Vol. 2 No. 2 (1983)

• Stations. Handbook of Officers, Agents, Stations and Sidings, 1917. (Digital Commons)

Maine Central Employees 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.

• Employee Magazine Index

• Employee Magazine Catalog

• 1924

  • Employee Magazine, January 1924, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, January 1924, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, February 1924

  • Employee Magazine, March 1924, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, March 1924, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, April 1924

  • MAY WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, June 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, July 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, August 1924, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, August 1924, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, September 1924, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, September 1924, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, October 1924, Part 1 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, October 1924, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, November 1924

  • Employee Magazine, December 1924 COMPLETE ISSUE WANTED

• 1925

  • Employee Magazine, January 1925

  • Employee Magazine, February 1925, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, February 1925, Part 2

  • MARCH WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, April 1925, Part 1

  • Employee Magazine, April 1925, Part 2

  • Employee Magazine, May 1925

  • Employee Magazine, June 1925

  • JULY WANTED

  • Employee Magazine, August 1925

  • Employee Magazine, September 1925

  • Employee Magazine, October 1925

  • Employee Magazine, November 1925

  • Employee Magazine, December 1925

• 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

• 1944 — November, December ALL OTHER 1944 ISSUES WANTED

• 1945 — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Undated ALL OTHER 1945 ISSUES WANTED

• 1946 — April, September ALL OTHER 1946 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

• 1976 — January, Summer, Fall (With Historical Section)

• 1977 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

• 1978 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

• 1979 — Winter, Spring-Summer, Fall

• 1980 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

• 1981 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

• 1982 — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall ‘82-Winter’83

Maine Central Railroad 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, part 1

• Employee Time Table No. 21, Maine Central, Apr. 27, 1941. Rules, part 2

• 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

Executive Department

Annual Reports FYE 1896 through 1893 with leases, mortgages. Google Books

Predecessor Railroads

• Northern Railroad

  • Annual Report, 1848. Submitted and transcribed by Ed Hiller

On-Line Photo Archive

• Online Photo Archive (Flickr)