Boston and Maine Railroad
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The Boston and Maine Railroad (reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).
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Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Reporting mark | BM |
Locale | Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Vermont |
Dates of operation | 1836ā1983 |
Successor | Pan Am Railways |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 2,077 mi (3,343 km) |
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At the end of 1970, B&M operated 1,515 route-miles (2,438 km) on 2,481 miles (3,993 km) of track, not including Springfield Terminal. That year it reported 2,744 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 92 million passenger-miles.[1]