Northampton Street Railway Company

1873 – Present

State of Incorporation
Massachusetts
Business Purpose
Street Railway
Rail Operations
1873-
Operations In
United States: Massachusetts

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Northampton and Williamsburgh Street Railway Company
to 1873, Renamed

Timeline

1873
Northampton and Williamsburgh Street Railway Company is renamed to Northampton Street Railway Company.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).
1890s
Northampton Street Railway Company electrifies all horsecar lines.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).
1912
Holyoke Street Railway Company and Northampton Street Railway Company come under common control.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).
December 25, 1933
Northampton Street Railway Company ceases operations.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Across the Commonwealth - The Smaller Trolley Systems,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 123-145 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).
Unknown
Northampton Street Railway Company acquires Connecticut Valley Street Railway line from Northampton to North Hatfield and to Amherst.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

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Northampton Street Railway #54

Item 39724208410...

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Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts

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Trolley #62 signed for Florence

Item 9304009253

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Northampton Street Railway's Railway Post Office trolley

Item 9304008209