Cordaville Station from the North
B&A Crane
Cordaville Station
Southborough Station Looking South
Southborough Station Looking Southwest
Cordaville Station
Southborough Station in the 1930
Southville Station and the Plasterworks
Running a New Line in Southborough
The crossing at Southvillle looking South.
The crossing at Southville looking north
Lumber and rail yard on the B&A
Fayville Station
B&A Freight
Milk Train Hits Plow
July 15 1913 Wreck on the B&A
July 15 1913 Wreck on the B&A
Cordaville Station
The Boston and Albany at Southville, 1938, speeding towards Boston
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Cordaville Station from the North
In this early 1900's view, you can just see the top of the mill buildings behind the station. This building was left abandoned by the 1950s. In the 1970s the stones were moved to Dublin New Hampshire, but were never re-assembled and are now presumed lost -
B&A Crane
Here a B&A engine moves a crane down the track, presumably as part of the famous 1915 crash. -
Cordaville Station
Cordaville Station in its prime. The design was by the firm of H.H. Richardson. The building that would become Fitzgeralds can just be seen in the background -
Southborough Station Looking South
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Southborough Station Looking Southwest
This building stood where there is now an empty lot west of the tracks on Main Street. -
Cordaville Station
In this view you can appreciate the marvelous Romanesque Revival architecture of the building. Note the wonderful eye-brow window above the bay. -
Southborough Station in the 1930
The building was pretty much abandoned after passenger service ceased in the early 30s. Later town down. -
Southville Station and the Plasterworks
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Running a New Line in Southborough
This wonderful action shot shows a steam shovel mounted to a railroad carriage excavating along the Agricultural Line in Southborough. Before the advent of mechanical excavation, the work was done entirely by hand, mostly by immigrant workers -
The crossing at Southvillle looking South.
The early 1870s view shows the building that would become Lincoln's store (and now a private residence) in its original location on the south side of the tracks. -
The crossing at Southville looking north
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Lumber and rail yard on the B&A
This view of the lumber and rail yards, presumably in Southville, and presumably looking towards the south towards the hills of Hopkinton. The land has become so reforested we forget how dramatic the rises are. -
Fayville Station
This wonderful picture carries the following handwritten caption: "This picture was probably taken in 1897 and shows Agent Lathiel Ellis and a man named Fay with George Herrick on the Velocipede." Railroads in North America often made use of a three-wheeled handcar designed to be operated by a single person. This came to be known as a "railway velocipede" or "railroad velocipede". Most however were handled pumped, like a regular hand car. This one however, is unique in that it is pedaled like a bike. -
B&A Freight
Locomotive 1429 snapped by an avid train-watcher in 1938 -
Milk Train Hits Plow
Another this time on the Agricultural Line that ran to Marlborough, February 3, 1898. The smaller milk train hit the larger plow train in a blinding blizzard. Remarkably nobody was killed. -
July 15 1913 Wreck on the B&A
Views of the train wreck July 15, 1912 on the Boston and Albany -
July 15 1913 Wreck on the B&A
Views of the train wreck July 15, 1912 on the Boston and Albany -
Cordaville Station
Cordavillle Station on the B&A, with the Cordaville Mills in the background -
The Boston and Albany at Southville, 1938, speeding towards Boston
The Boston and Albany at Southville, 1938, speeding towards Boston