Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road Company

1844 – 1991

Business Type
State Chartered (Legislative)
State of Incorporation
Massachusetts
Business Purpose
Railroad
Rail Operations
1849-1874
Operations In
United States: Massachusetts, New York, Vermont

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Brattleboro and Fitchburg Railroad Company
1843 to 1851, Merged

Timeline

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).
1848
Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad Company corporate rights and franchines are transferred to Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road 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).
1851
Brattleboro and Fitchburg Railroad Company merges into Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road 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).
March 19, 1869
Turner's Falls Branch Railroad Company corporate rights and franchines are transferred to Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road 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).
May 1, 1880
Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road Company's property formerly of Brattleboro and Fitchburg Railroad Company sold to New London Northern 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).
January 14, 1991
Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road Company dissolves.
Source
Unknown source.

Collection

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Fitchburg Railroad, Annual Pass/Free Ticket, 1881

Item 9408000031

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Fitchburg Rail Road, Pass/Free Ticket, 1886

Item 9408000030

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Fitchburg Railroad, Annual Pass/Free Ticket, 1882

Item 9408000029

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Fitchburg Railroad, Annual Pass/Free Ticket, 1879

Item 9408000028