Fitchburg Secondary
The Fitchburg Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The line runs from Fitchburg southeast to Framingham Center[1] along a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line. Its south end is at the Boston Subdivision; the MBTA's Framingham Secondary continues southeast from Framingham.[2][3]
History
The part from Fitchburg south to Pratt Junction (in Sterling) opened in 1850 as part of the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad.[4]: 238 At the other end, the Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a branch from Framingham northwest to Framingham Center in 1849.[4]: 348 The Agricultural Branch Railroad opened in 1855 from Framingham Center west to Northborough and in 1866 to Pratts Junction.[5] The entire line became part of the NYNH&H and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.
Approximately 105 million gross ton-miles were moved over the Fitchburg Secondary between Framingham and Leominster in 2019.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "CSX Timetables: Fitchburg Subdivision". Trainweb. Archived from the original on January 11, 2003.
- ^ "CSX Fitchburg Sub". RadioReference.com.
- ^ "CSX Albany Division Timetable" (PDF). MultimodalWays.
- ^ a b Karr, Ronald Dale (2017). The Rail Lines of Southern New England (2 ed.). Branch Line Press. ISBN 9780942147124.
- ^ Hon. Edward Appleton, Railway Commissioner (1871). "History of the Railways of Massachusetts". Archived from the original on August 3, 2009.
- ^ "CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., ET AL. —CONTROL AND MERGER— PAN AM SYSTEMS, INC., PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC., BOSTON AND MAINE CORPORATION, MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, NORTHERN RAILROAD, PAN AM SOUTHERN LLC, PORTLAND TERMINAL COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY, STONY BROOK RAILROAD COMPANY, AND VERMONT & MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD COMPANY VOLUME 1 AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED APPLICATION" (PDF). Steptoe & Johnson LLP and CSX Transportation Inc. July 1, 2021. p. APP-394.