Cape Cod Railroad Company
1854 – 1872
- Business Type
- Corporation
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Railroad
- Rail Operations
- 1854-1872
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Cape Cod Central Railroad Company
- 1861 to 1868, Merged
- Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company
- 1846 to 1854, Renamed
Timeline
- February 22, 1854
- Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company name changes to Cape Cod Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - July 28, 1868
- Cape Cod Central Railroad Company merges with Cape Cod Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - September 9, 1871
- Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad Company is acquired by Cape Cod Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931). - September 30, 1872
- Cape Cod Railroad Company and Old Colony and Newport Railway Company consolidate to form Old Colony Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-291 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
Collection
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Cape Cod Central Railroad "Highland Light"
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Cape Cod Railroad #3 "Cape Cod"
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Cape Cod Railroad locomotive "Nantucket"
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