New Bedford / Fall River / Newport Lines
(Attleboro/Mansfield, MA - Taunton - New Bedford - Fall River - Newport, RI)

Shoreliner® Article Index

Volume 15 Issue 2 1984
  • "An Old Colony 'Dude'" -- The history of the famous Flying Dude, a seasonal private train which ran between Boston, Fairhaven and Woods Hole from 1884 until World War I. 8 pages with photos.
Volume 15 Issue 3 1984
  • "Trolley Stop: The New Haven's Electric Problems" -- Reprint of a January 15, 1904, 'Railroad Gazette' editorial, detailing the current state and problems with the New Haven's various electrified lines, including trolley lines, the Nantasket, MA, branch, the Providence, Warren & Bristol, Norwich - Central Village, CT, Burnside - Vernon - Rockville - Melrose, CT, Middletown - Berlin - Meriden, CT, and New York - Stamford - New Canaan. 3 pages with photos and map.
Volume 16 Issue 2 1985
  • "On the New Haven...Today -- On the Old Colony" -- Discusses existing New Haven facilities and equipment in southeastern Massachusetts, focusing on New Bedford. 1 page with photos.
Volume 17 Issue 1 1986
  • "The Bay Colony Railroad" -- The story of this freight short line company, which operates freight service on Cape Cod, to Plymouth, Watuppa in Fall River, Dean Street in Taunton, a short portion of the Greenbush line, and Newton Highlands. 6 pages with photos, map and motive power roster.
Volume 17 Issue 3 1986
  • "Trolley Stop: Brown Cars to Bristol Ferry" -- The history of trolley service on Rhode Island's Aquidneck Island. 8 pages with photos, map and timetables.
Volume 19 Issue 1 1988
  • "Trolley Stop: Trolley Freight and Express in Southern New England -- Eastern Massachusetts" -- Discusses the Bay State Street Railway Company, which served the area south of Boston, including Quincy, Hingham, Rockland, Brockton, Middleboro, New Bedford, Taunton, Fall River, Newport and Providence. 4 pages with photos, map and roster.
Volume 19 Issue 3 1988
  • "Trolley Stop: Trolley Freight and Express in Southern New England -- Eastern Massachusetts" -- Includes service on the Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway, the New Bedford & Onset Street Railway, and the Cape Cod Short Lines. 6 pages with photos.
Volume 19 Issue 4 1988
  • "Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Ceases Operations" -- News about the end of the CC&H, following funding cutbacks by the state of Massachusetts due to the fiscal crisis of the lates 1980s. The CC&H operated service between the Cape and Braintree and Attleboro in the 1980s. 1/2 page.
Volume 22 Issue 2 1991
  • "The Wreck of the Newport Express" -- The story of the August 4, 1924, wreck of the Newport Express, which crashed into the Stoughton, MA, station. 3 pages with photos.
Volume 24 Issue 2 1993
  • Inside cover photo from the early 1900s of E-2 2006 with a passenger train in Fall River.
Volume 24 Issue 3 1993
  • "The Providence, Warren & Bristol" -- The story of electrified service between Providence, Warren, Bristol and Fall River. 32 pages, including maps and photos.
Volume 25 Issue 4 1994
  • "A Place Called Taunton Central" -- The history of the railroads in Taunton, MA. 24 pages with maps and photos, including a color centerspread of the Day Cape Codder at Taunton in July 1956.
Volume 26 Issue 4 1995
  • "A Tale of Two Roundhouses" -- The history of Fall River's Central Street and South Almond Street roundhouses. 8 pages with photos and maps.
Volume 27 Issue 1 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Part 1" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 30 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 2 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Part 2" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 24 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 3 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Conclusion" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 34 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 4 1996
  • "The New Old Colony" -- Photos of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's grand reopening of Old Colony commuter service to Kingston and Middleborough/Lakeville on 26 September 1997 and the opening of the new Plymouth station on 29 November 1997. 1 page.
  • "Old Colony Recollections -- of Herb Clark and Don Constantineau" -- Two former New Haven railroaders share their memories of working in Old Colony commuter and freight service in the 1940s and '50s. 18 pages.
  • "Notes on Some Old Colony Railroad Stations" -- Fran Donovan shares some historical notes on many of the Old Colony's stations. 4 pages.
Volume 28 Issue 1 1997
  • "Fall River Addendum" -- Photo essay follow-up to "A Tale of Two Roundhouses", with four 1950s photos of the Ferry Street yards. 2/3 page.
Volume 30 Issue 3
  • "The Day Taunton Station Came Down on C-700" -- The story of how the historic Taunton, MA, station and NE-6 caboose C-700 were both destroyed on July 7th, 1964.  7 pages with photos.
Volume 34 Issue 3
  • "Fall River Cotton Spinner Needed a Railroad" -- Detailed history of the railroads of Fall River, including some information on the Fall River Line of steamboats to New York City.  35 pages with many photos and maps.

Books

New Haven Mechanical Department Facilities Maps -- Revised Edition

Includes:

  • Fall River, MA (1939 map of the Almond Street area). 1 page.

  • New Bedford, MA (1956 map). 1 page.