Troy and Boston Railroad

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The Troy and Boston Railroad was chartered November 22, 1849, completed Troy, New York to the Vermont state line (35 miles) 1852. It was consolidated into the Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1887, which was in turn acquired by Boston and Maine Corporation by lease in 1900.

Fitchburg Railroad branches
BostonFitchburg Watertown – Marlboro – Greenville – Milford
FitchburgGreenfield Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad: Ashburnham – Cheshire – Peterboro – Boston, Barre and Gardner – Turners Falls
west from Greenfield Troy and Greenfield Railroad: Southern Vermont – Troy and Boston – Bennington
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway: Saratoga Springs/Schuylerville
temporary branches Harvard – Lexington