Boston and Maine Railroad
The Boston and Maine Railroad (reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).
Overview
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
BM
1836–1983
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
2,077 mi (3,343 km)
At the end of 1970, B&M operated 1,515 route-miles (2,438 km) on 2,481 miles (3,993 km) of track, not including Springfield Terminal. That year it reported 2,744 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 92 million passenger-miles.[1]
Surviving equipment[edit]
The 1935 three-car trainset known as the Flying Yankee, virtually identical to the streamlined equipment the Budd Company built for the Burlington Northern’s famous Pioneer Zephyr, was retired in 1957 and was then displayed at the Edaville Railroad for another 36 years.[18] The equipment was relocated and eventually purchased by the State of Maine, but both public and private restoration efforts were unsuccessful.[18] In November, 2023, the state of New Hampshire put the equipment up for sale, with a focus on "the relocation and encouraged restoration" of the trainset.[18]
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