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Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad was a historic railroad that originally operated between Blackstone, Massachusetts, and Southbridge, Massachusetts, and its remaining functional tracks are now owned and operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
According to the Town of Norfolk website:
Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad was a historic railroad that originally operated between Blackstone, Massachusetts, and Southbridge, Massachusetts, and its remaining functional tracks are now owned and operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
According to the Town of Norfolk website:the Southbridge and Blackstone was chartered in 1849 to build a railroad between Blackstone and Southbridge, Massachusetts passing through the northeast corner of Connecticut in East Thompson. After a series of financial problems and scandals, many of these smaller companies were absorbed into theThe track known as the Southbridge Running Track was also part of the railroad, and in 2004 the Providence and Worcester Railroad requested an abandonment exemption of this track from the Department of Transportation.PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN WORCESTER COUNTY, MA, AND WINDHAM COUNTY, CT, http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/cac42df635267da4852572b80041558c/4d49f85066918c1785256eec006c1e3e?OpenDocumentBoston and New York Central Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it f .... The new company revised the ending point of the Blackstone & Southbridge, moving the terminus from Southbridge toMechanicsville, Connecticut Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the southern part of the town of Thompson in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered to the north by North Grosvenor Dale and to the south by ..., just north ofPutnam, Connecticut Putnam is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,224 at the 2020 census. History Putnam, originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, is a New England mill town incorporated in 1855. Created from se .... Here, the new line intersected an existing rail line which traveled north-south fromNew London, Connecticut New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. It was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decades ..., toWorcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ....
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