Verify List
Updated: 3/17/25In keeping this page, I frequently
receive tips of one kind or another from a variety of sources that other stations not
currently listed on the County Pages are still standing. Newspapers, magazines, books,
newsletters, pamphlets--all are valuable for the hints and suggestions that they give, as
are the reports of friends, field operatives, and Internet surfers. Occasionally specific
details are supplied, but more often the report is on the order of "I heard from
someone that Smalltown Station was moved years ago to Bigville." Anyone with
information on any of the stations below is asked to
e-mail me. In particular, I am interested in knowing the
current and, if moved, the original location (town, address) of the station; what type it
is (passenger, freight, combination); its current use (municipal, railroad, business,
private, vacant); whether tracks are still there and what railroad, if any, is currently
operating; and any other interesting notes or features.
To people kind enough to write and supply information: sometimes different people will "verify" different things about the same station. If you have sent along "verifying" information which has not been posted, please be patient and understand that I am trying to work my way through the conflicting reports that I receive. See below for resolutions to former queries.
Current/Active Queries:
City/Town | County | Type | Remarks |
Mystery Depots | ??? | ??? | 1) Can anyone identify this interesting
Massachusetts station? ![]() 2) Is this station 3) Since this 4) Can
anyone identify this 5) Can anyone identify this
structure 6) Can anyone identify this structure
7) Does anyone recognize this B&M structure
8) This image
9) Does anyone recognize this depot, thought to have stood
somewhere in Massachusetts?
10) Does anyone recognize the depot in this image reported to
have stood (or to stand?) somewhere south of Boston? |
Walkers Corner | ??? | Pass | Does anyone know the whereabouts of
Walkers Corner on the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railroad, as pictured here? ![]() |
Hyannis | Barnstable | Pass. | Is the original depot still standing somewhere in Hyannis? |
Harwichport/South Chatham | Barnstable | Pass. | Is this South Chatham station ![]() ![]() ![]() |
South Harwich | Barnstable | Pass. | Is this South Harwich station ![]() ![]() |
South Wellfleet | Barnstable | Pass. | Can someone confirm that this
structure ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
North Adams | Berkshire | ??? | Does anyone have any information about
this PanAm Railways structure ![]() |
Stockbridge | Berkshire | Pass. | Has the Stockbridge depot been sold recently? Does anyone know to what uses it has currently been put? |
Pittsfield | Berkshire | Pass. | Is the 1965 passenger station that replaced the 2nd Union Station (and was itself replaced by the 1981 Amshack) still in use as the Yard Office in the Pittsfield yards? |
Acushnet | Bristol | Frt. | Can someone verify (with pics?) that the Acushnet freighthouse still stands at its original location (near the Burger King)? |
Fall River | Bristol | Pass. | Were either or both of these structures ![]() |
Oak Bluffs | Dukes | Pass. | Was this a structure at Oak Bluffs, on
Martha's Vineyard, either of the narrow-gauge railroad or of the trolley line? ![]() ![]() |
Danvers/Danvers Jct.? | Essex | Pass. | As this stereo view
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Georgetown | Essex | Pass. | Is the former Georgetown replacement station ![]() ![]() |
Gloucester (?) | Essex | Pass. | Does anyone recognize this
structure ![]() |
Lynn | Essex | Frt. | It has been reported that a freighthouse in Lynn is still standing, if almost unrecognizable. Can someone verify if this is the case (or, even better, send photos?) |
Lynn Common | Essex | Frt. | Is there a freighthouse standing on Western Avenue? |
Newbury | Essex | Pass. | Where does the cream & Maroon structure behind Newbury Auto Salvage (60 Newburyport Turn.) come from? Is it a station? |
Newburyport | Essex | Pass. | Would this be the Newburyport Wharf station on
the Newburyport Branch of the Eastern RR?![]() |
Newburyport | Essex | Pass.? Comb? | Would this structure
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Salisbury Beach | Essex | Pass. | Was this structure down near the end of
Railroad Ave. ever a train or trolley depot? ![]() |
Stevens | Essex | Pass. | Still standing on the Parson Barnard House grounds? |
Buckland | Franklin | Pass. | Is there any reason to believe that this
structure ![]() |
Monroe Bridge | Franklin | Pass. | Is there any reason to believe that the
original Hoosic Tunnel and Wilmington passenger depot ![]() |
Orange | Franklin | Frt. | Is this structure ![]() |
Springfield | Hampden | Frt. | Is there a late model (1975) freighthouse standing on Chestnut St.? |
Dwight | Hampshire | Pass. | Can someone confirm that this structure ![]() |
Southampton | Hampshire | Pass. | Can someone explain whether both
of these stations
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North Amherst | Hampshire | Frt. | Is the North Amherst ("Cushman") CV freighthouse still standing on Pine St.? |
Ware | Hampshire | Frt. | In this
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Bennett Hall/ Billerica | Middlesex | Pass. | Is the Billerica depot known as Bennett Hall
still standing? ![]() |
Darlings | Middlesex | Pass.? Frt? | Is the wood structure behind the brick
building off Dilla St. the original passenger or freight station at Darlings?![]() |
Mt. Auburn | Middlesex | Pass. | Can someone confirm that the former Fitchburg/B&M Mt. Auburn depot is now a private home at 259 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge? photo link |
North Sudbury | Middlesex | Pass. | Still standing? ![]() |
Oak Hill | Middlesex | Pass. | Is this
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South Billerica | Middlesex | Pass. | Said to still be standing but moved from trackside and part of a house. Any idea where this structure might be? |
Westford/Forge Village | Middlesex | Pass. | This has been reported as moved and turned into a private residence-- any confirmation? |
Abington | Plymouth | Pass. | Despite report, no depot or express office at 10 Pleasant St., Abington. Anyone know to what this might refer instead? |
Green Harbor/Webster Place | Plymouth | Pass. | Is one of two structures near
Rte. 139 (Careswell St.) and Prince Circle the original Green Harbor/Webster Place
passenger station? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Marion | Plymouth | Pass. | Robert
Farson's RR's on Cape Cod (1993) reports that the original station at
Marion
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Hardwick/Wheelwright | Worcester | Pass. | The CM's station at Hardwick
became Wheelwright after 1894; can someone verify that this structure
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Milford | Worcester | Frt. | Still standing at 51 Depot St.--is this
building really a freighthouse?![]() |
Northboro | Worcester | Frt. | Still standing? Address? See Steve Fisk's "Mystery Page" for this structure. |
Oakdale | Worcester | Pass. | Can someone verify that the current ![]() |
Old Furnace | Worcester | Pass. | Can someone verify that the structure currently occupying the site of the former Old Furnace B&A station was/is a railroad freighthouse? |
Princeton | Worcester | Frt. or Pass.? | Can someone verify that this nearly
trackside structure ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Southville | Worcester | Pass. | Is this structure
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Note: Recent Developments/Resolutions/Discoveries:
--Marbleridge station is still standing on Marbleridge Road in Andover, Essex County:
-- One Turnpike
depot was the NH depot in Plymouth County; the
other
was the B&M depot in Middlesex County
-- The freighthouse at Wachusett in
Worcester County has been razed.
-- The structure
standing in Deerfield in
Franklin County is a replica, not a remodeled original stataion.
-- This structure
in North Adams (Berkshire County),
which sat
100' down the tracks from the larger, steepled Union Station, was a RR building but
not a depot.
--
The
former BRB&L Harbor View depot is now a
private home on Cowper St. in the Harbor View neighborhood.
photo link
--This station
is Brown/Park St. (Boston & Lowell RR, Middlesex Co.); this station
is Browns/Browns
Crossing/Northville (Old Colony RR. Plymouth Co.)
--The Somerville Highlands station (Middlesex Co.) is long gone, though the stones were used to build a structure in Tufts Park (in Powderhouse Square).
--The depot
formerly listed as Mystery Depot 7
, thought to be
in Bristol Co., has been identified as the Old Colony depot at Portsmouth, Rhode
Island (12/21).
--This
Cypress St./Brookline Hills depot preceded the large stone B&A station built
in 1892 (Thanks, Richard!)
--This station identified
on the image as "Whitton
Jct.," is in fact the former depot at Whittenon Jct. (Thanks, Richard!)
--This structure
was in fact the original, pre-Richardson 1881 station at Auburndale, dating
probably from the
1850's.
---The depot
formerly listed as Mystery Depot 10 is actually newton Corner, already listed
and pictured on the site. Sorry! (Thanks, Richard!)
---The depot
mistakenly identified on the image as Lynn, Mass is actually the
depot at Wellesley. (Thanks, Richard!)