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Haverhill and Southern New Hampshire Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Lawrence and Methuen Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Lowell and Dracut Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Unknown source.

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Lowell and Pelham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Lowell Horse Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Unknown source.

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Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Unknown source.

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Roxbury Central Wharf Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

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South Bay Wharf and Terminal Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

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Vineyard Sound Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 6, 1788

Commonwealth of Massachusetts is admitted to the union of the United States of America.

Source

“Massachusetts,” Wikipedia, March 23, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts.

June 10, 1796

Proprietors of Connecticut River Bridge incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 25, 1820

Proprietors of Portsmouth Bridge incorporation is confirmed by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 24, 1823

Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 4, 1826

Granite Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 5, 1830

Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 22, 1831

Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 23, 1831

Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

March 8, 1832

Proprietors of the New Bedford and Fairhaven Ferry incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 13, 1833

Western Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

March 15, 1833

Andover and Wilmington Rail Road Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 15, 1833

The Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 7, 1835

Taunton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 5, 1836

West Stockbridge Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 9, 1836

Charlestown Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 9, 1836

New Haven and Northampton Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 14, 1836

Eastern Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1836

Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation (Mass.) incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1836

Seekonk Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 22, 1836

Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 13, 1837

Berkshire Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 10, 1838

Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation consolidation of Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation (N.H.) and Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation (Mass.) is confirmed by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 13, 1838

Old Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1839

Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 5, 1839

Hartford and Springfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 6, 1841

Boston and Maine Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 17, 1841

Worcester Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 1, 1842

Northampton and Springfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 3, 1842

Fitchburg Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 3, 1842

Pittsfield and North Adams Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

March 24, 1843

Boston and Maine Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 11, 1844

Georgetown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 12, 1844

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 14, 1844

Fall River Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 15, 1844

Salisbury Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 15, 1844

Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 16, 1844

Boston and Maine Rail-road Extension Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 16, 1844

Old Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 16, 1844

Stoughton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 16, 1844

Woburn Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

January 25, 1845

Connecticut River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

January 25, 1845

Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 5, 1845

Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 7, 1845

Medford Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 13, 1845

Cheshire Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 13, 1845

Winchendon Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 22, 1845

Peterborough and Shirley Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 24, 1845

Lexington and West Cambridge Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 25, 1845

Randolph and Bridgewater Rail-road Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 26, 1845

Middleborough Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 26, 1845

Stony Brook Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 26, 1845

United Corporation of the Middleborough Railroad Corporation, and Fall River Branch Railroad Company and Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

November 25, 1845

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 7, 1846

Essex Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 11, 1846

Newburyport Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 26, 1846

South Shore Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 27, 1846

Lowell and Andover Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 6, 1846

Hanover Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 8, 1846

Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 10, 1846

Chelsea Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

April 16, 1846

Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1846

Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1846

Lancaster and Sterling Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1846

Walpole Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1846

Watertown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 17, 1847

Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1847

Weir Branch Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 23, 1847

Woburn Branch Extension Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 24, 1847

Norfolk County Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 26, 1847

Agricultural Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 26, 1847

Barre and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 10, 1848

The New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Central Vermont Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 293-356 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 21, 1848

Taunton and Middleborough Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 26, 1848

Salem and Lowell Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 26, 1848

South Reading Branch Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 28, 1848

Saugus Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 8, 1848

Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 10, 1848

Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 10, 1848

Union Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

May 1, 1849

Charles River Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 1, 1849

Fairhaven Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 1, 1849

Medway Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 1, 1849

Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 2, 1849

Waltham and Watertown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 2, 1850

Midland Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 7, 1851

Danvers and Georgetown Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 23, 1851

Providence and Bristol Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 24, 1851

Amherst and Belchertown Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Central Vermont Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 293-356 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 24, 1851

Charles River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 15, 1852

Danvers Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 20, 1852

Bellingham Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 30, 1852

Boston and New York Central Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 30, 1852

Marlborough Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 20, 1852

Hampden Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 22, 1852

Northampton and Westfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 23, 1853

Hampshire and Hampden Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 25, 1853

Mystic River Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 3, 1854

Easton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 25, 1854

Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

November 16, 1854

Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 2, 1855

Milford and Woonsocket Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 17, 1857

The Fall River and Warren Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 19, 1858

Midland Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 25, 1858

Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Central Vermont Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 293-356 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 27, 1858

Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 6, 1859

Lynn and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

April 6, 1859

Stoneham Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 1860

Stoneham Street Railroad Company organizes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

February 20, 1860

Rockport Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 24, 1860

New London Northern Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Central Vermont Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 293-356 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 21, 1860

Southern Vermont Rail Road Company is sold to Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company and conveyed by mortgage to Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 28, 1861

Cape Cod Central Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 9, 1861

Midland Land Damage Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 22, 1862

East Boston Freight Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

March 28, 1862

New Haven and Northampton Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 25, 1862

Old Colony and Newport Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 26, 1862

Foxborough Branch Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

July 2, 1862

Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

October 13, 1862

Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company property surrendered to Commonwealth of Massachusetts under conditions of mortgage covering loans made for construction purposes.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 21, 1863

Dighton and Somerset Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 20, 1864

Hanover Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 8, 1865

Marblehead and Lynn Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 19, 1866

Turner's Falls Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 3, 1866

Chebacco Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth, “An Act to Incorporate the Chebacco Branch Railroad Company,” in Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1866, 35-36 (Wright & Potter, 1866).

March 13, 1867

Duxbury and Cohassett Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 16, 1867

Ware River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

May 9, 1867

Hopkinton and Milford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 24, 1867

Boston and Albany Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

1868

Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 21, 1868

Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 8, 1868

West Amesbury Branch Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1869

Worcester Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

March 27, 1869

Monadnock (Mass.) Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 17, 1869

Athol and Enfield Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

April 22, 1869

Essex Branch Ralroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 10, 1869

Massachusetts Central Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 26, 1869

Hopkinton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 12, 1869

Holyoke and Westfield Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 12, 1869

Newburyport City Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 23, 1870

Framingham and Lowell Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 9, 1870

Asbury Grove Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 30, 1870

Lancaster Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 1, 1870

Hopkinton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 22, 1870

Shawmut Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 10, 1871

Middlesex Central Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 10, 1871

Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 4, 1871

Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 5, 1871

Ashburnham Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1872

Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad incorporates by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad,” Wikipedia, November 8, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_and_Shrewsbury_Railroad.

February 5, 1872

Lowell and Andover Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 27, 1872

Old Colony Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 6, 1872

Union Freight Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Union Freight Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-367 (United States Government Printing Office, 1925).

August 6, 1872

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

January 30, 1873

West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 11, 1873

Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 11, 1873

New Bedford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 21, 1873

Ware River Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

May 15, 1873

The New York and New England Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

October 22, 1873

Grafton Centre Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Grafton and Upton Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 78-94 (United States Government Printing Office, 1927).

May 5, 1874

Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad,” Wikipedia, October 7, 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Revere_Beach_and_Lynn_Railroad.

November 19, 1874

Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

January 6, 1875

Springfield and New London Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

June 24, 1875

North Brookfield Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

September 26, 1876

Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company (of Mass.) incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 13, 1878

The Ashburnham Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

May 6, 1878

The Springfield and North-eastern Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

May 8, 1878

Spencer Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

April 26, 1879

Ocean Terminal Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 2, 1880

Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 16, 1880

Globe Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

September 2, 1880

The Hull and Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

October 4, 1880

Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1881

Nantucket Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Peter Schmid, “The Nantucket Railroad,” Historic Nantucket, 2000, 11-14, https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/historic-nantucket-magazine/making-nantucket-connections/.

March 2, 1881

Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 31, 1881

Lowell and Framingham Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 22, 1881

Chelsea Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 23, 1882

Providence, Webster & Springfield Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

April 21, 1882

Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

March 23, 1883

Central Massachusetts Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 15, 1883

Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1885

Citizens Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

December 28, 1886

Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 343-355 (United States Government Printing Office, 1925).

1887

Hull Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

January 22, 1887

West End Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“West End Street Railway,” Wikipedia, December 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Street_Railway.

February 1, 1887

Commonwealth of Massachusetts property of Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company sold to Fitchburg Railroad Company.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

February 25, 1887

Chatham Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1889

Lynn Belt Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1889

Quincy and Boston Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

1889

Attleborough, North Attleborough & Wrentham Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1890

Woronoco Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

March 20, 1890

Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 1890

Gardner Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1891

Leominster Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

January 7, 1891

Commonwealth of Massachusetts property of Southern Vermont Rail Road Company sold to Fitchburg Railroad Company.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

October 1, 1891

Brookline and Pepperell Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1892

Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1893

Braintree Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

1893

Haverhill, Georgetown and Danvers Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1894

Boston Elevated Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1894

Hanover Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

1895

Reading and Lowell Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1895

Hingham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

June 5, 1895

The New England Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1896

Woburn and Reading Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1896

Beverly and Danvers Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1896

West Roxbury and Roslindale Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

1896

Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1896

Templeton Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1896

Amherst & Sunderland Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1896

Mount Tom Railroad is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

June 9, 1896

Boston Terminal Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston Terminal Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 707-730 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).

July 24, 1896

Chester and Becket Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-904 (United States Government Printing Office, 1930).

1897

Palmer and Monson Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to build a line between Palmer and Monson.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1897

Norton & Taunton Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

September 1897

Northampton & Amherst Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1898

Providence and Taunton Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Old Colony Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Street_Railway.

1898

Milford, Attleborough and Woonsocket Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1898

Worcester and Webster Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

April 28, 1898

Plymouth & Sandwich Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1899

Georgetown, Rowley and Ipswich Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Boston and Northern Street Railway,” Wikipedia, August 17, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Northern_Street_Railway.

1899

Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1900

Lowell, Acton & Maynard Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1900

Greenfield & Deerfield is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

March 1900

Norwood, Canton & Sharon Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1901

Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and acquires the Massachusetts assets of the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

May 1901

Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1902

Hampshire Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

June 1902

Berkshire Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1904

Western Massachusetts Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to build a line westward from Westfield to Hungtinton.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

January 2, 1905

Southeastern Electric Companies incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

March 23, 1905

Berkshire Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

April 1, 1907

Nashua & Acton Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).

1910

Hampden Railroad incorporates by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Ronald Dale Karr, “Hampden Railroad,” in The Rail Lines of Southern New England, 426-427 (Branch Line Press, 2017).

November 1911

Massachusetts Northern Railways is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

June 26, 1912

Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Street Railways,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 47-74 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).

March 18, 1913

Fall Mountain Electric Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Electric Utilities,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 85-186 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).

1918

Boston Elevated Railway Company management is taken over by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Public Control Act of 1918.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

January 6, 1919

Fore River Railroad Corporation incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Fore River Railroad Corporation,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 193-204 (United States Government Printing Office, 1934).

June 1, 1919

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

November 15, 1924

Boston and Maine Transportation Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Boston and Maine Transporation Company,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=042133815.

1947

Metropolitan Transit Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,” Wikipedia, April 6, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority.

March 30, 1949

Edaville Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=6k4n169Kg1vc34MsCHz3u8EV2ZTZa_35GjLqbW1NtEU-.

June 5, 1952

Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=ay3XsGx90R.SOsx2a4r7tYniuhZYxc00aP4Q.PRCvqM-.

August 3, 1964

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts succeeding Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Source

“Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,” Wikipedia, April 6, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority.

November 12, 1970

Bartholomew Enterprises, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=6k4n169Kg1vc34MsCHz3u8EV2ZTZa_35GjLqbW1NtEU-.

October 10, 1972

The American Freedom Train Foundation, Inc. is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “American Freedom Train Foundation, Inc., The,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, December 7, 2025, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=FdkDLml.L2SjRtwpRzIjlSaXq_wlrOq5r0LG6evpFjk-.

December 30, 1975

Massachusetts Central Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Massachusetts Central Railroad Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=042682534.

1976

Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority created under the general laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority,” Wikipedia, March 18, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Regional_Transit_Authority.

August 8, 1977

Quaboag Transfer, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Quaboag Transfer, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=042619966.

December 9, 1980

Filter V and M Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Guilford V and M Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=133051126.

April 28, 1981

Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=042733430.

February 4, 1982

Bay Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Bay Colony Railroad Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001003203.

April 5, 1984

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=222531186.

1985

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

“Massachusetts Water Resources Authority,” Wikipedia, March 28, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Water_Resources_Authority.

November 8, 1985

The American Freedom Train Foundation, Inc. incorporation is involuntarily revoked by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, “The American Freedom Train Foundation, Etc., Plaintiff,” in Federal Reporter, 1069 (November 8, 1984).

March 20, 1986

Fore River Railway Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Fore River Railway Company, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=841019947.

April 9, 1986

Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001004494.

June 9, 1989

Cape Cod Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cape Cod Railroad Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=043054784.

August 12, 1991

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=043133373.

November 21, 1991

The Cranberry Belt Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cranberry Belt Corporation, The,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=2T_hmHOjnW2hj052Bx0VCAznKVK2aQ2KE0QIn3TzGvc-.

March 4, 1996

Edaville Entertainment Company LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Entertainment Company LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=cFN8m3zBGNjmg9JMra6GJIadQQJwowcTy6NWYeVR_DY-.

September 5, 1996

Edaville Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Railroad Corp.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=Be4tCMNWSMElTLA2bWphkW2iaoxjonTzC4cdVPijdDM-.

September 12, 1997

South Carver Rail, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “South Carver Rail, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=5X9R.5UMPlfe24oqqvKlWnamp_ybwbYnYBvfAHdRUJ8-.

February 20, 1998

Cranrail Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cranrail Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=odiq0Y8tiJed6il5I7XdStQ.ywoQHYIjGjJ7IdA84BQ-.

November 12, 1998

Cape Cod Central Railroad, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cape Cod Central Railroad, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=043448424.

May 25, 2000

Carver Cranberries Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Carver Cranberries Corp.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=tsFWHqis0nuiJAG5DWMvhA--.

April 26, 2001

Eda Cranberry Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Eda Cranberry Co., Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=8nP60Fh74_Z6vcwB1qHoOQ--.

May 24, 2001

Fore River Transportation Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Fore River Transportation Corp.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=043562990.

August 8, 2001

Edaville Railroad name is registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Eda Cranberry Company, Inc.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Railroad Cranberry Belt Line,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/trademarksearch/TrademarkSearchViewer.aspx?sysvalue=IRTpKR78trXgTU.aM28KMA--.

June 12, 2002

Coltsville Terminal Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Coltsville Terminal Company, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=000819395.

January 28, 2003

Caboose Entertainment, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Caboose Entertainment, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=goci28Bkldg5O_QETUUyvJjJcUVFihdjs8AAbEv9Jpk-.

November 5, 2003

Cranberry Belt Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cranberry Belt Corporation,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=pMRnJbkidJ9teqJzJKfP66dH_5VwNJYzsrfQyjt6fRM-.

April 13, 2004

East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad, LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad, LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=510507968.

July 21, 2004

Ellis Atwood LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis Atwood LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=0UiK5.SJF1ep15.9hR6KLCAWNghfsmHYt17yY02_Aoo-.

October 20, 2004

Ellis Atwood Entertainment LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis Atwood Entertainment LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=qTm27x3ON1NFRwvSipuQ81jjy93s.PmdGdkGJStqots-.

February 3, 2006

PCPRR, LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=208547083.

February 9, 2006

Cape Rail, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Cape Rail, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 22, 2020, http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=204279519.

August 23, 2010

EDA-E1 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Land Holdings, LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=3YTChZb3LOS9T_R6wXGB2v.XtqsxhLxkCVhM5530CO8-.

August 23, 2010

EDA-E2 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “EDA-E2 LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=Cq0dg2_uNCIURum06Pk6qHIkPxugc5drXO8evJntbaQ-.

August 23, 2010

EDA-E3 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “EDA-E3 LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=oVJZyea8DIN15CpDgfWdAtYymf.acpSwqOewyaHO_8s-.

July 14, 2011

Railway Productions LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Railway Productions LLC,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=86B6D.KNDioziRr1pEOZU0IlfAMpS.AWt1ETwvqn.KU-.

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