One passenger was killed, 21 others injured. It was the first fatality to a passenger on the road since 1918. Cause of the wreck was not immediately determined. A Boston and Maine Railroad spokesman said the train approached the station – where it …

Jun 6, 2024 · The Online Archives page is divided into a section for BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD and related roads and a section for MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD and related roads. The Boston and Maine section is further divided into Part 1. Reference Materials and Part 2. Railroad Documents.

Victims' and families' crippling lawsuits against the company at fault—the Eastern Railroad—led to its forced merger with arch rival, the Boston & Maine [18] 1876 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, Ashtabula/Edgewood, Ohio; 92 killed plus 64 injured.

On a Sunday afternoon two cars on a train going from Marlboro to Boston derailed at switch near the upper end of High Street. Several people were injured, none seriously.

The Swampscott train wreck occurred on February 28, 1956, in Swampscott, Massachusetts when a Danvers–Boston commuter train crashed into the rear of a stopped Portsmouth–Boston local train just north of the station during a snowstorm. The collision, blamed on the engineer operating at unsafe speeds for the conditions, killed 13 people and ...

This collection includes accident reports of injuries to passengers and employees, which were submitted to the superintendent of the Concord Division, Concord, New Hampshire. Biographical / historical: The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I Railroad in New England.

Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving Boston and Maine Railroad" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

R.J. Keep of East Jaffrey, NH., “Boston & Maine Railroad Train Wreck - 1902,” Maynard Historical Society Archives, accessed January 16, 2025, https://collection.maynardhistory.org/items/show/230.

Assisted by local police, inspectors from two separate Commissions, the Boston and Maine Railroad, and the Interstate Commerce Commission will soon begin their probe of the Wreck.

On November 19, 1957, there was a derailment of a passenger train on the Boston and Maine Railroad at Medford, Mass , which resulted in the death of 2 train-service employees, and the injury of 62 passengers, 4 railway mail clerks, 1 railway express messenger, 1 Pullman Com­