Old Colony Railroad Company

1872 – 1947

Business Type: Corporation
State of Incorporation: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Business Purpose: Railroad
Rail Operations: 1872-1893
Operations In: United States: Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad Company: 1862 to 1892, Merged
Hanover Branch Railroad Company: 1846 to 1887, Merged
Lowell and Framingham Railroad Company: 1881 to 1886, Merged
Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad Company: 1846 to 1885, Merged
Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company: 1873 to 1883, Merged
Duxbury and Cohassett Railroad Company: 1867 to 1878, Merged
South Shore Railroad Company: 1846 to 1877, Merged
Cape Cod Railroad Company: 1854 to 1872, Consolidated
Old Colony and Newport Railway Company: 1860 to 1872, Consolidated

Timeline

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 1872: Old Colony Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Rhode Island.
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).
September 30, 1872: Cape Cod Railroad Company and Old Colony and Newport Railway Company consolidate to form Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 28, 1874: Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Corporation is conveyed to Old Colony Railroad Company.
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, 1877: South Shore Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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, 1878: Duxbury and Cohassett Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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, 1883: Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 27, 1885: Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 27, 1886: Lowell and Framingham Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 30, 1887: Hanover Branch Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 11, 1888: Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation property is leased to Old Colony Railroad Company for a period of 99 years.
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 1, 1892: Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad Company merges with Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 12, 1896: Fall River Railroad Company is sold to Old Colony Railroad Company.
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 24, 1906: Nantasket Beach Railroad Company is conveyed to Old Colony Railroad Company.
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).
December 27, 1911: Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad Company is conveyed to Old Colony Railroad Company.
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).
September 1947: Old Colony Railroad Company is acquired by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
Source
“Old Colony Railroad,” Wikipedia, February 13, 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Railroad.