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The Providence and Worcester Railroad (P&W) was preceded by the Blackstone Canal, which opened between Providence, Rhode Island, and Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1828. [1] While initially somewhat successful, the canal's business was severely harmed by the completion of the Boston and Worcester Railroad between its namesake cities in 1835, with ...
A 1910 map showing nearly the maximum extent of Rhode Island's railroads. As of February 2022, a total of five railroads operate in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.Freight services are largely operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which interchanges with the state's only other freight railroad, the Seaview Transportation Company, a switching and terminal railroad serving the Port ...
The Providence and Worcester was formed November 25, 1845, as a consolidation of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (Mass.), incorporated in Massachusetts by special act March 12, 1844, and the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (R.I.), incorporated in Rhode Island by special act May 10, 1844.
The branch was originally built by the Providence and Worcester Railroad (P&W) in 1874, connecting its main line to a coal dock in East Providence, and was 7 miles (11 km) in length. At East Providence, the branch also met the East Junction Branch of the Boston and Providence Railroad and the mainline of the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad.
Pages in category "Providence and Worcester Railroad" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The weekday morning bus trips from Worcester correspond with Northeast Regional trains leaving Providence for Norfolk, Virginia at 9:53 a.m. and Richmond, Virginia at 10:54 a.m. and a 9:46 a.m ...
1867 New Haven, Middletown and Boston Railroad map. At the Boston end, the earliest predecessor was the Norfolk County Railroad, chartered April 24, 1847. The line from the Boston and Providence Railroad's branch at Dedham, Massachusetts, southwest to Walpole opened on April 23, 1849, and an extension to the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Blackstone opened May 16.
The P&W was also given overhead rights to enter the yard to interchange with the Moshassuck Valley Railroad. [12] Penn Central was merged into Conrail in 1976. The Providence and Worcester Railroad became the owner of the freight portion of Northup Avenue Yard, by that point Conrail's primary yard in the state of Rhode Island, on May 1, 1982. [13]