subject: Railroads Massachusetts Wakefield
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Montrose Station,1915 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 1 picture :
- – "Located on Salem Street between Walton Street and Wiley Street (now Montrose Avenue), the Montrose Station served patrons of the Salem Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, first built as the South Reading Branch Railroad. Maps indicate that the tracks ran behind the rattan factory and Newhall Court where it crossed Montrose Avenue near the Salem Street end. The station was located in the area across from what is now Audubon Road. In 1848, a group of investors received a charter to build a railroad from South Reading (now Wakefield) to South Danvers (now Peabody). From there, the South Reading Branch had obtained rights to use two miles of track owned by the Essex Railroad to reach Salem. This South Reading to Salem route officially opened in mid-1850, taking business away from the larger Eastern Railroad which offered service from Salem through Lynn to East Boston, requiring passengers to take a ferry into Boston. The South Reading Branch enabled passengers to disembark at the Centre or Junction Stations in South Reading to take the Boston and Maine Railroad directly into Boston. Intense rivalry between Eastern and B&M led to Eastern's purchase of the majority of the South Reading Branch Railroad stock in 1851. The legislature subsequently required Eastern Railroad to buy all the stock and run a certain number of trains each day for many years, mostly at a financial loss. The competition between Eastern and B&M resulted in each line constructing branch lines to raid each other's markets, eventually leading to Eastern's bankruptcy in 1875 and B&M's lease of the entire Eastern system by the mid-1880s. The railroad from Wakefield Junction to Peabody made little sense because it paralleled the Newburyport line, which also traveled through Wakefield, and riders preferred cars and street railways to the train. The Lynnfield Community Bus Line also traveled through Montrose, as it continued to do until the 1970s. By 1925, only 60 passengers rode the trains daily, leading to the B&M's petition to abandon the line. Permission to abandon the line was granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission in November 1925. The last train arrived in Salem at 6:38 p.m. on Saturday, January 2, 1926. The tracks were removed in 1927." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:38Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:38Z
- – 2006.
- – 2006.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2006 ; April.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Upper Depot, circa early 1900s [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 1 picture :
- – "The Wakefield Board of Trade successfully circulated a petition in 1888 that requested that the Boston and Maine Railroad build a new depot on the west side of the tracks to replace the 'decrepit' wooden depot on the east side of the tracks. As early as 1886, the Citizen and Banner called for a new station 'for the safety of the patrons on the road and to do away with the present unsatisfactory and uncomfortable minutes spent in waiting on the "other side of the track" in the warm, cold, or damp and disagreeable weather.' In addition, the newspaper noted that it had become the adopted principle of the B&M management to locate depots on the west side of the track in suburban towns and cities, citing that Melrose was moving its station to the west as well. In August 1888, B&M Railroad Company agreed to the petition. The company also agreed to purchase an 82,140 square foot vacant lot of land between Chestnut and Murray Streets from the Wakefield Real Estate and Building Association, at a cost not to exceed 19 cents a square foot. B&M also agreed to buy a strip of land from St. Joseph's Church, not to exceed 25 cents a square foot, and to build a street 50 feet wide from Albion to Chestnut Streets. In return for erecting a 'commodious' station of brick and stone, the Town was required to buy a 13,720 square foot strip of land on the east side of the old station for a price equal to the average price the B&M paid for its land. The Town agreed to those terms in October 1888. Built of 'first-quality' dark red-face brick laid in English Venetian red mortar at a cost of $12,000, the station was 73 feet in length by 27 feet in width with two ornamental chimneys and a 9 feet wide veranda surrounding the station. The interior included a waiting room 25 feet by 50 feet, with a 12 feet by 14 feet ticket office in the center and four entrances, two on each side, with a monogrammed B&M inserted into the transom over each entrance. The windows were filled with the finest German glass. The depot was set back 12 to 14 feet from the tracks to allow sufficient room to increase the number of tracks from two to four at some time in the future. The station opened on Sunday, July 27th, 1890 with the ticket office opening on Monday at 3:00 p.m. The old depot remained in use as a baggage and freight storage facility until it was sold to Enos Wiley who moved it to his farm on Water Street." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:35Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:35Z
- – 2006.
- – 2006.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2006 ; July.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
[Locomotive at Center Depot] [picture]
description- – Photograph taken on February 21, 1938 at 10 a.m. shows a railroad lococomotive at Wakefield's Center Depot on Water Street.
- – 1 picture : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
- – 2008-06-24T14:17:16Z
- – 2008-06-24T14:17:16Z
- – 1938.
- – 1938.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
View from Greenwood Bridge [picture]
description- – Photograph taken in 1916 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood.
- – 1 picture : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:11Z
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:11Z
- – 1916.
- – 1916.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Near Crystal Lake [picture]
description- – Photograph taken on December 24, 1939 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood. The Harts Hill forest fire watch tower is visible in the upper right.
- – 1 picture : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:13Z
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:13Z
- – 1939.
- – 1939.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Flying Yankee, Boston to Maine [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of Bourdon Studios.
- – 1 picture :
- – "Many children of the 1930's and 1940's were in awe of the 'Flying Yankee', with its green and gold locomotive, nickel-plated cylinder heads and brass name plate at its front. The nonstop express raced through Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine on its daily run in both directions between Boston and Portland. Averaging 51 miles-per-hour throughout its entire trip of 114.6 miles, the Flying Yankee began its test runs in April, 1929, roaring through Wakefield on its way to Boston at 8:14 p.m. and making its northbound appearance at 9:45 a.m. The entire trip, between Boston and Portland, took two hours and 15 minutes. The upper part of its great boiler jacket, 'surmounted by the steel dome and sand dome, steel turrets, and the locomotive bell' was painted green to match the grass on New England hills. Below that, the running gear was a darker green, matching the color of New England pines. Both were striped with gold. A stripe of gold matched the running board and ran the entire length of the engine, and the tender, painted the darker green, bore the name of the Boston&Maine railroad insignia in gold. Below the cab, also in gold was the 'Flying Yankee'." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:53Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:53Z
- – 1997.
- – 1997.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1997 ; April.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Western division of B&M. Railroad, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Upper Train Station on North Avenue looking north from the intersection with Albion Street.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:44Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:44Z
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
"Tuttle Park", Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of a park in front of Wakefield's Upper Train Station looking south down Tuttle Street. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church can be seen on the right. North Avenue is just visible behind the train station.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:44Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:44Z
- – 1912.
- – 1912.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Wakefield Railroad Station, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Upper Train Station on North Avenue looking north from the intersection with Albion Street.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:51Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:51Z
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Greenwood Station [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Greenwood Train Station on Main Street. The building was moved in 1959 to the Pleasure Island amusement park and was destroyed by fire in 1971.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:54Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:54Z
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Upper Station, B&M. R.R., Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Upper Train Station on North Avenue looking south down Tuttle Street. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is visible on the right.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:37Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:37Z
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Greenwood Depot, Greenwood, [Wakefield] Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Greenwood Train Station on Main Street. The building was moved in 1959 to the Pleasure Island amusement park and was destroyed by fire in 1971.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:37Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:37Z
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Wakefield Junction, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Junction Train Station at Main Street and North Avenue.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:38Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:38Z
- – [n.d.].
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- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
Wakefield Centre Railroad Station, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Postcard shows a view of Wakefield's Center Train Station on Water Street.
- – 1 postcard :
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:42Z
- – 2007-11-26T21:36:42Z
- – 1913.
- – 1913.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
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