Massachusetts

Union state. 1,225 miles of railroad by 1865, 74% of them in service today; 8 supply sites.

Railroads

Railroad	Miles in Massachusetts	Whole line	Gauge	Trains today
Western	118	118	4 ft 8½ in	99%
Eastern	73	88	4 ft 8½ in	55%
Boston and Providence	64	64	4 ft 8½ in	81%
Vermont and Massachusetts	64	64	4 ft 8½ in	98%
Boston and Worcester	52	52	4 ft 8½ in	88%
Fitchburg	52	52	4 ft 8½ in	96%
Connecticut River	49	49	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Fall River	45	45	4 ft 8½ in	80%
Worcester and Nashua	41	47	4 ft 8½ in	63%
Old Colony	39	39	4 ft 8½ in	92%
Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer	30	30	4 ft 8½ in	69%
Boston and Maine	28	58	4 ft 8½ in	98%
Cape Cod Branch	28	28	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Norfolk County	27	27	4 ft 8½ in	70%
Salem and Lowell	26	26	4 ft 8½ in	10%
Providence and Worcester	25	43	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Boston and Lowell	25	25	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Berkshire	24	24	4 ft 8½ in	64%
Agricultural	23	35	4 ft 8½ in	60%
Troy and Greenfield	22	38	4 ft 8½ in	94%
New Bedford and Taunton	21	21	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Stony Brook	21	21	4 ft 8½ in	54%
Essex Branch	20	20	4 ft 8½ in	12%
Lowell and Lawrence	20	20	4 ft 8½ in	68%
Pittsfield and North Adams	18	18	4 ft 8½ in	27%
Norwich and Worcester	17	59	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Cape Cod	17	17	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Fairhaven Branch	15	15	4 ft 8½ in	1%
Hampshire and Hamden	14	14	4 ft 8½ in	24%
Peterborough and Shirley	14	24	4 ft 8½ in	1%
Boston and New York Central	14	21	4 ft 8½ in	2%
Fitchburg and Worcester	13	13	4 ft 8½ in	40%
Milford	13	13	4 ft 8½ in	21%
South Shore	12	12	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Winchendon	11	11	4 ft 8½ in	4%
Lexington and West Cambridge	10	10	4 ft 8½ in	0%
New Haven and Northampton	9	72	4 ft 8½ in	4%
New London, Willimantic and Palmer	9	65	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Nashua and Lowell	9	31	4 ft 8½ in	99%
Middleborough and Taunton	8	8	4 ft 8½ in	100%
South Reading Branch	8	8	4 ft 8½ in	33%
Hartford and Springfield	6	6	4 ft 8½ in	100%
Saugus Branch	5	5	4 ft 8½ in	85%
Providence, Warren and Bristol	5	17	4 ft 8½ in	1%
Methuen	4	4	4 ft 8½ in	10%

Railroads

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