Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad

The Springfield, Athol and North–eastern Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States in the 19th century.

Greenwich Village, one of the Athol Branch stations closed in the 1930s during the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir

History

The Athol and Enfield Railroad was chartered in 1869, and succeeded by the Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad in 1873, opening in 1873 as a branch from Athol Junction in Springfield to the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad in Athol. The Boston and Albany Railroad bought the line in 1880. The majority of the line was closed in the 1930s due to the formation of the Quabbin Reservoir.[1][2]

A 6.2-mile (10.0 km) rail trail, the Rabbit Run Trail, is planned for the remaining portion of right-of-way in Athol and New Salem.[3]


References
  1. Map showing the towns buried under Quabbin as they looked in 1903 with original house locations and current reservoir water level
  2. Interactive Map Interactive version of the 1903 map above (showing the towns buried under Quabbin as they looked in 1903 with original house locations and current reservoir water level)
  3. "2022 MassTrails Awards (81 Projects)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. June 2022. p. 1.

Further reading
  • Greene, J.R. Quabbin's Railroad : The Rabbit - Vol. 1 : The Independent Years, 1869-1880. Branch Line Press. ISBN 1-884-132-07-3.
  • Greene, J.R. Quabbin's Railroad : The Rabbit - Vol. II: The Boston & Albany Years, 1880-1935. Branch Line Press. ISBN 1-884-132-08-1.


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