Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway

Timeline

November 3, 1896

Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway begins operations between Shelburne Falls and Colrain.

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).

1900

Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway completes construction of a 400-foot concrete bridge across the Deerfield River, connecting it to the Boston and Maine Railroad at Buckland.

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).

April 1927

Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway ceases operations.

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).