Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900

[<train1812_@_bellsouth.net>]

Hi, Jim,

You're right. Fuzzy memories, y'know.
 The OC passed Red Bridge, near the site where they once had an engine
terminal (last I knew great road salt piles were stored there), then
continued on to Wilkes-Barre Pier.
Providence's Union Station opened some time prior to 1908, but I don't have
the date.

Albest,

Leo

> Sorry, but you're not correct. The Old Colony acquired control of the
Boston & Providence
> by means of a 99 year lease in 1888. The New Haven acquired control of
both the OC and
> the B&P via a lease in 1893. So the new Union Station in Providence was
under full control
> of the New Haven at the time it opened. Not only that, but South Union
Station (the original
> name) in Boston actually opened on January 1, 1899.
>
> FYI, the Providence & Worcester's line from Valley Falls didn't go the Red
Bridge, it ran
> about 1 mile further south to the Wilkes-Barre pier. It was built in the
late 1840-early 1850s.
> The pier is now owned by Capital Properties Inc., the real estate holding
company spun off
> from the Providence & Worcester Railroad Company in the early 1980s.
>
> Jim.

> > Wait a minnit...
> >
> > The Boston & Providence operated between those two communities until ca.
1905 when the new South Station opened in Bahston
> > and when the NYNH&H took over those routes.
> >
> > The route from Valley Falls to Red Bridge also existed then, but I don't
know when it was built. That line and the mainline
> > cutoff from East Junction met at Red Bridge, then continued on to SS-151
where the line diverged to East Side Tunnel and
> > also continued southerly to Bristol, R.I.
> >
> > Albest,
> >
> > Leo

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