Verify List
Updated: 1/8/12
In 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.
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 in Berkshire County, which sat
100' or so down the tracks from the larger, steepled Union Station,
was a railroad building but not a depot.
Current/Active Queries:
| City/Town | County | Type | Remarks |
| Mystery Depots | ??? | ??? | 1) Can anyone identify this interesting
Massachusetts station? |
| Browns Crossing | ??? | Pass. | Can someone identify this postcard view |
| Browns Crossing | ??? | Pass. | Does anyone recognize this postcard view |
| 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 |
| 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? |
| Fall River | Bristol | Pass. | Were either or both of these structures |
| Whittenton Jct. | Bristol | Pass. | Is this station, identified as "Whitton
Jct.," really the former depot at Whittenon Jct.? |
| 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? |
| Georgetown | Essex | Pass. | Is the former Georgetown replacement station |
| Lynn | Essex | Pass. | Can someone identify the depot in this image
inscribed "Lynn, Mass." |
| 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? |
| Salisbury Beach | Essex | Pass. | Was this structure down near the end of
Railroad Ave. ever a train or trollet 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 |
| North Amherst | Hampshire | Frt. | Is the North Amherst ("Cushman") CV freighthouse still standing on Pine St.? |
| 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? |
| North Sudbury | Middlesex | Pass. | Still standing? |
| Somerville Highlands/ North Somerville | Middlesex | Pass. | Are either/both of these depots (SomHgh: L&A; NoSom: B&L) still standing-- addresses? (see article ). |
| 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? |
| 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 it the case that the stone Boston & Albany depot from Southville was moved to the town of Dublin, NH? |