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Charlestown Ferry (Route F4)
Folklore
Subway Song, 1905
Charlie Card Origin
Stage Coach & Omnibus Lines
Dorchester Omnibus Lines
South Boston Omnibus Lines
Cambridge Omnibuses
Horse & Street Railways
Cambridge Railroad
Highland Street Railway
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Green Line, Built 1897
Orange Line, Built 1901
Orange Line Elevated Photos
Blue Line, Built 1904
Tickets & Transfers
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Tickets, Local Fare, 1930s
Transfers, West End Street Railway, 1890s
Transfers, Orange Line Stations, 1930s
Transfers, Red Line Stations, 1930s
Boston, Revere Beach, & Lynn Railroad
BRB&L History 1872-1921
Postcards, Boston
Postcards, Winthrop
Postcards, 1920 Blizzard
Postcards, Revere Beach
Postcards, Revere Beach Amusements
MBTA Disasters
Scholarly Research
Billerica & Bedford Railroad (2-foot Narrow Gauge)
Boston Elevated Railway Origin
Meigs Elevated Railway
Middlesex Canal
Donald McKay Biography
Donald McKay Shipyard
MBTA Cities & Towns Served
Safety First!
Boston Transit History
XX/XX/1852 - Dorchester & Roxbury Street Railway Incorporated
05/23/1853 - Metropolitan Railroad Incorporated
XX/XX/1853 - Cambridge Railroad Incorporated
04/29/1854 - Boston & Chelsea Railroad Incorporated
04/29/1854 - Broadway Railroad Incorporated
04/29/1854 - Middlesex Railroad Incorporated
12/04/1854 - Cambridge Railroad Obtains Cambridge Street Track Permit
XX/XX/1855 - Union Railway Incorporated, Leases Cambridge Railroad Tracks
05/21/1856 - Cambridge Railroad Opens
09/17/1856 - Metropolitan Railroad Opens
12/27/1856 - Broadway Railroad Opens, City Point to Dorchester Street
XX/XX/1857 - Suffolk Railroad Incorporated
03/05/1857 - Middlesex Railroad Opens, Charlestown Neck to Stillman Street
05/26/1857 - Winnisimmet Railroad Incorporated, Prattville to Chelsea Ferry
XX/XX/1858 - People Fall From Double-Decker Dorchester Avenue Railway Car
XX/XX/1858 - Dorchester Railroad Succeeds Dorchester Avenue Railway
04/06/1859 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Incorporated
10/20/1859 - Horse Car Line Opens to Brookline
08/20/1860 - Suffolk Railroad Opens to East Boston
XX/XX/1864 - Metropolitan Railroad buys Suffolk Railroad
02/11/1867 - Cars through Cornhill Street
12/02/1867 - Double Tracks Tremont Street
XX/XX/1868 - Broadway Railroad Renamed to South Boston Railroad
03/04/1868 - Cars through Boylston and Berkeley Streets
10/16/1868 - Cars through Clarendon to Beacon Street
10/03/1872 - Horse Sickness; Cars drawn by men in S.B.
10/22/1872 - Highland Street Railway Opens
05/XX/1877 - Cars through Harrison Avenue
06/30/1877 - Cars run entire length of Columbus Avenue
08/20/1879 - Cars over Dover Street Bridge
10/04/1879 - Cars through Westchester Park
10/25/1879 - Brighton Cars through Tremont, Boylston, Charles
XX/XX/1881 - Charles River Railway Incorporated
01/10/1887 - Consolidated Railway Strike (500 Men)
02/07/1887 - South Boston Railroad Strike (500 Men)
02/09/1887 - Cambridge Railroad Strike (500 Men)
XX/XX/1887 - West End Street Railway Consolidation
XX/XX/1888 - Experiments with Electric Cars
02/XX/1889 - Thomaston-Houston Electric Line Operates for Six Months
12/24/1896 - West End Street Railway Strike