The Nantucket Central Railroad Company was a

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railroad on the island of

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. The railroad linked the village of

with the village of

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. Built in 1881, the line closed in 1917, with the track and rolling stock sent to

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as part of the Allied forces of the

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. Years after the railroad was discontinued, the last railroad car left on the island was converted to a popular restaurant known today as the Club Car. Originally, the company was known as the Nantucket Railroad, but following the bankruptcy of the company in 1895 allowed for the company to reorganize under the name that it carried until 1917.

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* *Stanley, Robert C. (1980) ''Narrow Gauge - The Story of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Boston Street Railway Association. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nantucket Railroad 3 ft gauge railways in the United States Defunct Massachusetts railroads Narrow gauge railroads in Massachusetts